Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America
by Jennifer Storm
About the book: Discover the tender, gritty, self-told survival story of a teenage addict. Here is a can’t-tear-yourself-away look at what can happen to the one-in-five teenagers who have a drinking problem. At age six, author Jennifer Storm was already stealing sips of her mother’s crème de menthe.
By age 13, she was binge drinking and well on her way to regular use of cocaine and LSD. She anesthetized herself to many of the harsh realities of her young life, including her own misunderstandings about her sexual orientation, which made her even more vulnerable to victimization. As a young teen, Jennifer’s life was awash in alcohol, drugs and the trauma of rape.
The upside is that Jennifer came through untold darkness to create for herself a life of accomplishment and joy. Her remarkably tender and telling story proves that forgiveness and redemption are more than possible through recovery and a commitment to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
About the author: Jennifer Storm is the author of several books based on her own recovery and her insights into a fulfilling and sober life.
Picking Up the Pieces Without Picking Up: A Guidebook through Victimization for People in Recovery, Sept 2011, Central Recovery Press
Leave the Light On: A Memoir of Recovery and Self-Discovery, 2010, Central Recovery Press
Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America, Feb 2008, Hazelden Publishing
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