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We Are the Luckiest

The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

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We Are the Luckiest

By: Laura McKowen
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“We Are the Luckiest is a masterpiece. It’s the truest, most generous, honest, and helpful sobriety memoir I’ve read. It’s going to save lives.” (Glennon Doyle, number-one New York Times best-selling author of Love Warrior: A Memoir)

What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed . . . wishing for something - anything - else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky.

But in the midst of early sobriety, when no longer able to anesthetize her pain and anxiety, she realized that she was actually the lucky one. Lucky to feel her feelings, live honestly, really be with her daughter, change her legacy. She recognized that “those of us who answer the invitation to wake up, whatever our invitation, are really the luckiest of all.”

Here, in straight-talking chapters filled with personal stories, McKowen addresses issues such as facing facts, the question of AA, and other people’s drinking. Without sugarcoating the struggles of sobriety, she relentlessly emphasizes the many blessings of an honest life, one without secrets and debilitating shame.

©2020 Laura McKowen (P)2020 New World Library Addiction & Recovery Alcoholism Mental Health Awareness Women Substance abuse Inspiring Heartfelt Addiction Memoirs New Memoirs

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This book is fantastic… As he Author states at the beginning we all have a “Thing”. weather or not your thing is sobriety this book is worth reading!! I highly recommend it... :)

We Are The Luckiest

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This book will save lives. Bravo 👏 Laura, your honesty will touch all who read or listen to this! ❤️

This book will save lives.

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Great message and life story. The author reads her book and makes it very interesting. I got through the audible book fast. Great

Great title and summary of being sober

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161 days sober today - and so many of my thoughts, regrets and fears came up in the raw honesty of this book. It was everything I needed to hear. It was an absolute treat to hear it out of the authors mouth herself.... it makes the experience and journey so much more personal. This book was recommended by a OYNB member - and I will definitely be recommending it too. Thank you!

Everything I needed to hear...

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I love this book and the author. this is a must is you are struggling with alcohol or soberity.

Amazing. An amazing and honest story.

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Having followed Laura for as many shared years of sobriety I am delighted at how she has mastered the art of telling her truth in ways that can help others. Whether alcohol is part of the picture or not, her transformative story telling allows for the common maladies of finding our own truths. For those who have chosen a life without alcohol, for many of the same reasons, her writing equally captures the raw, the triumph, the shame and the birthing of self. I celebrate her trust in opening up a vulnerability that only those who have done the hard work can know. Our societal norming of alcohol in women has taken its toll and Laura’s courage can help many see a different way. As an audio version her voice adds to the story and doesn’t distract as can happen when read by an author.

More than about alcohol

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I want to hear this book right away again. Lived it and gave me inspiration in my new sobriety. Thank you Laura.

Touched me so deeply.

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I cannot express how much I enjoyed this book. I have never felt so understood.

Incredible

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Thank you, Laura! I absolutely adore this book and will be telling all of my friends about it. You are an inspiration.

Loved this book.

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She has a way of putting into words what I have felt but didn't know exactly how to describe. she went so deep, her struggles made me realize I am not alone. life changing for sure!

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