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Drinking Games by Sarah Levy

7 reviews

dearkatie's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.5

A series of raw essays that were honest and sometimes tough to read, but also hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

maggied89's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm

jennabeck13's review

inspiring slow-paced

2.0

Drinking Games by Sarah Levy

⭐️⭐️ (2/5)

Genre: Memoir

About 260 pages

At one point in time, drinking was Sarah’s entire life. However, when she decided to become sober that’s when Sarah’s life really began. Drinking Games tells the story of Sarah’s troubled past with alcohol, her journey to sobriety, and her life as a sober woman. 

I was super intrigued when I heard about this book as it was promoted more as a book on society’s relationship with alcohol. I was under the impression it would focus on how drinking culture has become what it is today, why people choose to be sober or drink in excess, how alcohol affects us, etc. However, it didn’t really touch upon society’s relationship with alcohol at all but only Sarah’s relationship with it. Granted it is a memoir but I expected a little bit wider of a discussion of the topic. In addition, there were a lot of repeated stories throughout the book and she told them out of chronological order which made it hard to keep up with at times. Though I find Levy’s journey to sobriety commendable this book missed the mark for me😕

Favorite Quote: “I heard people in my recovery meetings say that hitting bottom doesn’t have to be catastrophic; it can simply mean that we are ready to stop digging.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol

lbh_0327's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jordansmoot's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

cathgrin's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

Thanks to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for this ARC.

This memoir is more a collection of essays exploring Levy's path before, to and through her sobriety. Her openness and vulnerability are interspersed with self-depricating humour and biting wit. While I felt some chapters were definitely stronger than others, it presents a clear voice and one which many millenials will relate to, whether they are on their own sobriety journey or not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, and Toxic friendship