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We Are the Luckiest

The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

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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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Thank you Laura 🙏 your words were like medicine to me! I can not recommend this book enough x

Life changing

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An amazing book and an amazing author well done Laura and thank you for your story and insight.

Reminded me that it is possible and there is hope

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The author is possibly the best I’ve ever heard in terms of emotional hardship with addiction. It’s quite breathtaking her brutal honesty. But her humility too. It’s one read I’ll be doing again on audible.
She’s most articulate given a huge journey…One she has conquered

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Every word I aligned with, this book brought me so much peace on my sobriety journey. Tears and laughter and it all being spoken with Laura’s soft and peaceful voice. Can’t thank you enough Laura thank you
I would love to follow you on Instagram or Facebook x

Thank you

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I needed this book more than I realised, it was raw at times, A truthful look at how alcohol is made to look like the best thing in our lives and how your life can change for the better if you choose to live without it. Bring present for all of your life, the good the bad and the ugly 😊

Amazing

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