Maybe Drinking Will Help : Crossing the Invisible Line with Alcohol (Paperback)

Maybe Drinking Will Help chronicles six women's experiences crossing over the invisible line with alcohol. Alcoholism and problem drinking is on the rise in women across America, but problem drinking in women often goes undetected. How many of us know that our neighbor, fellow soccer mom, grocery store clerk or attorney are hiding traveler bottles of Popov vodka in oven mitts? Or covering beer cans with potholders to muffle the sound of cracking a beer before three o'clock? Day drinking or waking up drunk from the night before can be temporary habits, or unwanted companions worthy of hiding. Each woman depicted in Maybe Drinking Will Help takes her own path as alcohol becomes a ubiquitous fixture in her life. Some choose twelve-step recovery, inpatient treatment, continued drinking or total abstinence. The stories are as unique as the women interviewed and reflective of a paradigm many women face but few disclose.