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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 Biographies & Memoirs 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 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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