{"product_id":"the-sober-diaries-how-one-woman-stopped-drinking-and-started-living-paperback","title":"The Sober Diaries: How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClare Pooley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bravely honest and brilliantly comic account of how one mother gave up drinking and started living. This is Bridget Jones Dries Out.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClare Pooley is a Cambridge graduate and was a Managing Partner at one of the world's biggest advertising agencies, and yet by eighteen months ago she'd become an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling 'Am I an alcoholic?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a desperate bid to turn her life around, she quit drinking and started a blog. She called it \u003ci\u003eMummy Was a Secret Drinker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is the story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze having been drinking more than a bottle of wine every day. It sees her starting a hugely successful blog, then getting and beating breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze free and cancer free, two stone lighter and with a life that is so much richer, healthier and more rewarding than ever before. \u003ci\u003eSober Diaries \u003c\/i\u003eis an upbeat, funny and positive look at how to live life to the full. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterwoven within Clare's own very personal and frank story is research and advice, and answers to questions like: \u003ci\u003eHow do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? Will I lose weight? What if my partner still drinks? \u003c\/i\u003eAnd many more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time mum. Clare lives in Fulham, London with her long-suffering husband, three children, dog and a cupboard filled with alcohol-free beer.\u003cbr\u003eClare is the author of the hugely popular blog, \u003ci\u003eMummy was a Secret Drinker\u003c\/i\u003e, under the pseudonym Sober Mummy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52045248856365,"sku":"9781473661905","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-sober-diaries-how-one-woman-stopped-drinking-and-started-living-paperback-3034350.webp?v=1780170425","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-sober-diaries-how-one-woman-stopped-drinking-and-started-living-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}