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Originally posted by sugar and spice
This book reads like it was written by someone who is newly sober -- there is an extremeness about her opinions regarding alcohol. A lot of the events seemed tainted by the whole "Drinking was always bad/Alcohol is always bad" spin she put over them. The Greek system is bad because it involves alcohol, spring break is bad because it involves alcohol, Greeks are bad because they drink alcohol, athletes are bad because they drink alcohol, Chris is bad because he drinks a lot, Matt is good because he doesn't really drink a lot. As anybody who drinks knows, there is a reason why you keep going back to it -- because some nights are good and fun and you don't black out and nothing horrible happens. And honestly, the only incident in the entire book that she gave that spin was the first time she drank. I think that if she waited a while, she would begin to develop a more nuanced approach to how she thought about alcohol, and we would get more of a balanced picture in the book as well.
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I just finished this book, it was a quick read, but I thought it was very good.
I completely agree with you on this point, S&S. She's only been sober for a year and a half (at the time she wrote the book), but yet it's obvious she still has quite a bit to figure out and needs more time to grow. Which is fine, but I'd be interested to see what her take on it would be after being sober for say, five years.
Also, as someone else pointed out, I feel there's a good chance she'll relapse. I assume she's still with Matt, and since this is her first serious ("grown-up") relationship, I feel there's a good chance it will not last forever, which could cause her to seek out old habits.
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