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Oh, ALCOHOL - the heavenly drink that seems to solve everybody's problems. As you continually lose yourself in alcohol, you run the risk of losing yourself and worse, losing the ones who care about you. So, know the danger that lurks around the corner as you become dependent on it. Know your limits around alcohol. Most of all, if all seems lost, know how to break away from that dependence and claim your life back. And know about all these firsthand, from the words of the liberated alcoholic, Sarah Hepola. Bern Bolo's summary offers you Sarah Hepola 's narrative of her early experiments with alcohol, until she becomes a full-fledged alcohol addict as an adult, the dangers brought by an alcohol addiction, and measures on how you can safely curb your alcoholism. I wanted the gift of forgetting. Boozy love songs and brokenhearted ballads know the torture of remembering. If drinking don't kill me, her memory will, George Jones sang, and I got it. The blackouts were horrible. It was hideous to let those nights slide into a crack in the ground. But even scarier was to take responsibility for the mess I'd made. Even scarier was to remember your own life. Blackout by Sarah Hepola will show you both the good and bad sides of drinking. But of course, excessive drinking will always be bad for you, no matter what. For her, it was an escape, a means to be functional in a complex and distressing world. She craved the comfort of alcohol for it helped her say and write the right things. Without alcohol by her side, she felt lost. She felt a strong need to be loved and accepted, and only booze gave her that. She allowed alcohol to take over her life, until so little of it was left. When she finally mustered the courage to break out of this addiction, she began to see things in a new light. Now, she values her family and those friends who genuinely care and love her. She has also learned to cope with the harsh realities of life and deal with them head on, and not with a drink in hand. Her touching story about her battle with alcoholism will touch you and give you a newfound understanding of how lonely an alcoholic's life is. NOTE: This is a summary of Blackout by Sarah Hepola, NOT the original book.

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