We Are the Luckiest

The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

De: Laura McKowen

Narrado por: Laura McKowen

“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.

©2020 Laura McKowen (P)2020 New World Library

We Are The Luckiest

This book is fantastic… As he Author states at the beginning we all have a “Thing”. weather or not your thing is sobriety this book is worth reading!! I highly recommend it... :)

This book will save lives.

This book will save lives. Bravo 👏 Laura, your honesty will touch all who read or listen to this! ❤️

Great title and summary of being sober

Great message and life story. The author reads her book and makes it very interesting. I got through the audible book fast. Great

Everything I needed to hear...

161 days sober today - and so many of my thoughts, regrets and fears came up in the raw honesty of this book. It was everything I needed to hear. It was an absolute treat to hear it out of the authors mouth herself.... it makes the experience and journey so much more personal. This book was recommended by a OYNB member - and I will definitely be recommending it too. Thank you!

Amazing. An amazing and honest story.

I love this book and the author. this is a must is you are struggling with alcohol or soberity.

More than about alcohol

Having followed Laura for as many shared years of sobriety I am delighted at how she has mastered the art of telling her truth in ways that can help others. Whether alcohol is part of the picture or not, her transformative story telling allows for the common maladies of finding our own truths. For those who have chosen a life without alcohol, for many of the same reasons, her writing equally captures the raw, the triumph, the shame and the birthing of self. I celebrate her trust in opening up a vulnerability that only those who have done the hard work can know. Our societal norming of alcohol in women has taken its toll and Laura’s courage can help many see a different way. As an audio version her voice adds to the story and doesn’t distract as can happen when read by an author.

Touched me so deeply.

I want to hear this book right away again. Lived it and gave me inspiration in my new sobriety. Thank you Laura.

Incredible

I cannot express how much I enjoyed this book. I have never felt so understood.

Loved this book.

Thank you, Laura! I absolutely adore this book and will be telling all of my friends about it. You are an inspiration.

hits home

She has a way of putting into words what I have felt but didn't know exactly how to describe. she went so deep, her struggles made me realize I am not alone. life changing for sure!