We Are the Luckiest
The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
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Laura McKowen
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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.
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- Jodi Gardner
- 2020-04-12
Thank you Sweet Girl.
The Sweet girl inside of me is forever grateful for your story. God Bless the diamond in you.
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- Krista
- 2020-03-13
Great Listen...Thought Provoking!
This was an overall great listen! For me, when a personal story is told, I like hearing it from the writer - Laura was spot on with her narration - fantastic job! What a journey to self-discovery! I think we all could take tidbits of information from this book and apply it to our own lives - not just in an addiction sense, but taking the time to discover who WE really are and what it is that WE want in life. Kudos to Laura!
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- Jolyne Morin
- 2021-05-18
It’s a good story
I could definitely relate but I found sobriety in a different way. I thought this book would be more like that and I wish Laura would have found it that way also because it sounds like she struggled quite a bit and there are easier ways such as Annie Graces method which helped me a lot! Great story though and I love her honesty.
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- Tanya
- 2022-07-24
Amazing!!!!!!!!
I have never read a book that spoke to me like this one. It is so articulate and honest. Anyone struggling with addiction needs to read this today!!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-21
Love this book
This book truly helped me in my path to an alcohol free life choice. There were tears at times and I could see myself and my journey in the spoken words.
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- Fancy
- 2021-01-12
I’m 12 days sober
I started this book on New Years Day, and it has been a great companion through my first 12 days of sobriety. I’d HIGHLY recommend this to anyone contemplating a sober lifestyle. (Not just for fall-down-drunks. 😉)
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- Joshua
- 2020-12-31
Connected with the author
In three words I would have to say:
Touching, relatable, inspiring.
I recommend to others. Ok
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- Michelle
- 2021-11-24
Loved it!
Honest and relatable. I enjoyed this book emensly and highly suggest this audio for a good listen.
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- Pamela McDonald
- 2022-01-09
Endearing
I am overwhelmed with emotions, wanting to thank Laura McKowen for sharing her journey.
The fact it was a recount of how she found herself, her struggles and ultimately her victory, shared by the author herself, leaves me wanting to continue to be her friend. I shed a few tears along the way and now knowing it’s finished. Thank you Laura
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- S4
- 2024-02-27
a courageous story
what an inspiring and courageous journey, very inspiring. your story is helping me day by day to stay sober.
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