The text reproduces a questionnaire for alcoholism made up by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Here's a confession utterly devoid of self-pity, an extraordinarily lucid and very well-written personal account of a common addiction that is filled with insights as well as a comprehensive treatment of the subject. Knapp interweaves her personal history with factual information about alcohol abuse, including frequent references to the AA meetings she's attended. Here she recounts the years of denial that helped her rationalize the blackouts, innumerable hangovers, broken relationships and family tensions characteristic of the alcoholic's story. During that time she managed to graduate with honors from Brown and have a successful career as a journalist, and few people suspected she had a problem with the bottle. Freelance journalist Knapp began drinking in her early teens and continued unabatedly until she ""hit bottom"" in 1995 and checked herself into a rehab at the age of 36.
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