The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

"“With a good feeling, it was always: More. Again. Forever.” Leslie Jamison’s memoir The Recovering: Intoxication And Its Aftermath follows the story of her alcoholism in lush, almost caressing detail. “I mashed the lime in my vodka tonic and glimpsed – in the sweet spot between two drinks and three, then three and four, then four and five – my life as something illuminated from the inside.” It’s a thoughtful, nuanced and frightening look at the alcoholism that dominated much of her adult life while also digging into broader cultural and literary trends."