What readers and critics are saying about “Bottles in the Basement: Surviving an Alcoholic”
“This is an absorbing memoir, with McGloinβs grief and pain taking center stage.” βππͺπ³π¬πΆπ΄ ππ¦π·πͺπ¦πΈπ΄
“An engrossing account about a wife dealing with her alcoholic husband.”βππͺπ³π¬πΆπ΄ ππ¦π·πͺπ¦πΈπ΄
What readers are saying:
Reading your book made me feel seen during this awful phase. So much of what you described hit home for me and gave me a sense of peace that I am not alone in this experience. When I woke up Friday after finishing your book the prior night, I felt a lightness I havenβt felt in months, or maybe years. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for having the courage and tenacity to write about something so personal and heart wrenching. Know that you have helped those of us who suffer with secrets we never wanted to keep.
This memoir pulls back the curtain and reveals the collateral damage that an alcoholic can do to not just their own lives, but the lives of those they love.
Achingly honest, the memoir sometimes reads like a novel and at other times as a beacon to anyone who has dealt with a loved oneβs addiction or inability to change.
The author exposes, a life unknown to most, but at the same time shared by so many. Addiction doesnβt only affect the addict but the people closest to them. McGloin shows us that life from discovery to ultimately her own recovery as the wife of an alcoholic.
To all those who think they are alone in their own plight, this author proves otherwise. McGloinβs book is a roadmap to not just coping but surviving the storms one encounters on this torturous journey.
This story chronicles their happy times and then reveals the suspicions, lies, heartaches and loneliness that grew out of a downward spiral that couldnβt be stopped. A heart-wrenching love story. A must read.
McGloin shares her story of love, deception, loss and finding love again with honesty and courage! I canβt wait for her next book!!
I could not put the book down. It tells a real life story about the disease of alcoholism.
I could not put this incredible book down. Captivating from page one, this memoir is a must-read for anyone who seeks to understand what it’s like to live with a “secret” alcoholic, for anyone who loves or has loved someone in the depths of this disease, for anyone who has felt helplessness when trying to help a loved one, and for anyone who has felt deep love for their spouse but also great despair.
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Paula Ganzi McGloin 
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