Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety

Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety

by Rachael Brownell
Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety

Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore: Getting Through the First Year of Sobriety

by Rachael Brownell

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Overview

“Gives the reader insight not only into the effects of addiction on the entire family, but solutions for those in the grips of family trauma.” —Barb Rogers, author of If I Die Before I Wake

With three children under five, a set of twins and a newborn, Rachell Brownell wanted to feel like an adult again. So she turned to three bottles of white wine a night.

Through wit and honesty, Brownell lets readers into her world of addiction, but also towards hope. Examples of community, wisdom, and support provide a map for anyone trying to get through the early stages of recovery.

Learn how a couple of glasses of wine lead to a big problem. Understand how mommy cocktail groups and the desire to feel like “more than a mommy” can lead to addiction. In Mommy Doesn’t Drink Here Anymore you will find:
  • The good, the bad, and the ugly of parenting
  • The truth about the first year of recovery
  • Hope for a light at the end of the tunnel


“Whether you are struggling to reconcile your addiction or looking for guidance as a mother, woman, human being, Brownell’s journey of self-awareness and self-discovery is sure to motivate and inspire. A triumph of a memoir for all women enduring.” —Rebecca Woolf, author of Rockabye: From Wild to Child

“Comfort, encouragement and support are interwoven with her words. A gift for anyone who is seeking their own Truth regarding addiction and recovery.” —Barbara Joy, author of Easy Does It, Mom

“In this frank memoir, she journals her slide into alcoholism and her first year of recovery . . . Brownell doesn’t pull any punches about the ugly side of her addiction.” —Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609250201
Publisher: Mango Media
Publication date: 01/01/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 920,021
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Rachael Brownell is the mother of three and a recovering alcoholic and perfectionist. She writes a monthly column, "Rugrat Reprieve," for the Imperfect Parent, wrote a daily column for Babble's "Strollerderby Parenting" blog, and was recently managing editor for supereco.com. She lives and breathes books and language.

Read an Excerpt

"I want to be the kind of mother who never talks about diapers or potty training, who doesn't dream of boring you with which child did or didn't wake Mommy up last night. I want to be the kind of mother who loves her children without losing herself and whose sassy sense of humor is slightly off kilter and makes engineering husbands deeply uncomfortable. 'I need this', I say to myself while pouring that first glass of crisp white into a pretty glass. My shoulders relaxing, I look at my three kids through narrowing warrior eyes and think, 'Bring it!'"

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