{"product_id":"the-sober-diaries-clare-pooley-9781473661905","title":"The Sober Diaries: How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clare Pooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1473661900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473661905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coronet Books (GB)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Clare Pooley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045725663487,"sku":"9781473661905","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65d76e18-aefd-4461-afd9-8bc811f6d27b.jpg?v=1684980387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sober-diaries-clare-pooley-9781473661905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}