{"product_id":"trapped-aimee-rutkowski-9798198119529","title":"Trapped: Loving an Alcoholic While Losing Yourself","description":"TRAPPED\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoving an Alcoholic While Losing Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't notice it at first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt happens slowly... quietly... over years of loving someone who keeps choosing alcohol over everything else. Over you. Over promises. Over healing. Over life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, you tell yourself it's just a rough patch.\u003cbr\u003eJust stress.\u003cbr\u003eJust one bad night.\u003cbr\u003eJust one more broken promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, you stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou love harder.\u003cbr\u003eYou forgive deeper.\u003cbr\u003eYou carry more than you should.\u003cbr\u003eYou become their peacekeeper, caretaker, protector, excuse-maker... while your own heart quietly breaks in the background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somewhere along the way...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou stop recognizing yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe girl who laughed easily.\u003cbr\u003eThe woman who once felt light.\u003cbr\u003eThe version of you that dreamed about happiness instead of simply surviving another day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTRAPPED\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastatingly raw and deeply emotional true story about what it really feels like to love an alcoholic - not just the drinking, but the emotional destruction left behind for the person forced to live inside it every single day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sleepless nights.\u003cbr\u003eThe screaming matches.\u003cbr\u003eThe fear.\u003cbr\u003eThe loneliness.\u003cbr\u003eThe exhaustion so deep it settles into your bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about sitting beside someone you love while they slowly destroy themselves... and realizing they are destroying you too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about begging someone to choose you over the bottle... while knowing deep down they never will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about becoming so emotionally drained that silence feels safer than speaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo worn down that you begin apologizing for your own pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo lost that you forget your life matters too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not romanticize addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt exposes the heartbreaking reality of what addiction does to the people who stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe moments readers will cry over are not the dramatic ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the quiet moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleeping alone while the smell of alcohol fills the room.\u003cbr\u003eCrying silently so nobody hears.\u003cbr\u003eWaiting for the person you love to become the person they used to be.\u003cbr\u003eWatching hope die one broken promise at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd maybe the most painful part of all...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill loving them anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beneath all the heartbreak is something else: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the powerful realization that choosing yourself is not selfish - it is survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTRAPPED\u003c\/i\u003e is for every person who stayed too long because they loved too deeply.\u003cbr\u003eFor every person walking on eggshells in their own home.\u003cbr\u003eFor every person silently drowning while trying to save someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will break your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it will also remind you that even after years of pain...\u003cbr\u003eyou are still allowed to save yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aimee Rutkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198119529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.28d","brand":"Aimee Rutkowski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665711370495,"sku":"9798198119529","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trapped-aimee-rutkowski-9798198119529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}