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A review by meandmypaperback
Drunk Mum by Jowita Bydlowska
4.0
(Received through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.)
Confession: I love reading memoirs of people I have no idea who they are. I guess I am just nosey. I find it so compelling to read someone elses' story, especially one like this that takes some guts to write.
On that note; Drunk Mom is a great read. Its brutally honest, at times cringe worthy, but that is what makes it special.
I'm not a mom, or a drunk. But I do love myself a glass of wine. And some of the descriptions she gives, also ring true to me (and I'm sure to any other social drinker). I found it very interesting to see exactly how far people go to hide something. Hiding beer in diaper bags, going out of your way to throw the empty bottles out. You know your doing something wrong when you go though that length.
A kudos and a slap in the face to her boyfriend. He is either very very dumb or very very passive. If I was in his position, I would have walked out countless times, but he gets a high five for being there for their son.
This memoir also shows how much it is the persons choice and want in order to become sober. All of a sudden something switched in Jowita's mind that she needed to, and more importantly, wanted to become sober. She said she was attending meetings before, but was never 100% into stopping drinking. So of course she relapsed.
My only concern about this memoir, is that it was written only a short while after Jowita is sober (again). I hope that by writing this memoir was therapeutic to her and allows her to stay on the sober train, if not for herself, for her son.
For a memoir, go read this. Its very enlightening, and I couldn't put the book down until I scrolled all the way to the end. Plus the cover is pretty awesome.
“There's this parallel, perhaps less conscious desire, which is to numb myself to the world. To deal with the world tomorrow. Living is difficult. Dying is difficult.”
http://justaddchampagne.blogspot.ca/2014/09/book-review-drunk-mom-by-jowita.html
Confession: I love reading memoirs of people I have no idea who they are. I guess I am just nosey. I find it so compelling to read someone elses' story, especially one like this that takes some guts to write.
On that note; Drunk Mom is a great read. Its brutally honest, at times cringe worthy, but that is what makes it special.
I'm not a mom, or a drunk. But I do love myself a glass of wine. And some of the descriptions she gives, also ring true to me (and I'm sure to any other social drinker). I found it very interesting to see exactly how far people go to hide something. Hiding beer in diaper bags, going out of your way to throw the empty bottles out. You know your doing something wrong when you go though that length.
A kudos and a slap in the face to her boyfriend. He is either very very dumb or very very passive. If I was in his position, I would have walked out countless times, but he gets a high five for being there for their son.
This memoir also shows how much it is the persons choice and want in order to become sober. All of a sudden something switched in Jowita's mind that she needed to, and more importantly, wanted to become sober. She said she was attending meetings before, but was never 100% into stopping drinking. So of course she relapsed.
My only concern about this memoir, is that it was written only a short while after Jowita is sober (again). I hope that by writing this memoir was therapeutic to her and allows her to stay on the sober train, if not for herself, for her son.
For a memoir, go read this. Its very enlightening, and I couldn't put the book down until I scrolled all the way to the end. Plus the cover is pretty awesome.
“There's this parallel, perhaps less conscious desire, which is to numb myself to the world. To deal with the world tomorrow. Living is difficult. Dying is difficult.”
http://justaddchampagne.blogspot.ca/2014/09/book-review-drunk-mom-by-jowita.html