A terrific read!' -Cat Marnell, New York Times bestselling author of How to Murder Your Life 'Like Sarah Levy, by giving up the battle with booze, I have found a new world of self-respect and grace. Drinking Games explores both the vulnerable emotional core of one woman's relationship with alcohol and how empowering it is to walk away. ' -Christie Tate, New York Times bestselling author of Group 'Thought-provoking and fantastic. Levy's Drinking Games is a must-read for anyone curious about the many ways in which sobriety can transform a life. F or anyone who fears that sobriety equals stagnation, boredom, and a stunted life shuffling from one dank basement recovery meeting to the next, prepare to have your mind blown. By turns hilarious and harrowing, Levy generously shows readers how she left behind a party girl lifestyle filled with hollow relationships and unfulfilling work and built a sober life filled with comfort, care, and deep, authentic attachments to herself and others. This up close look at Levy's life before, during, and after her decision to stop drinking alcohol offers readers a glimpse at all of the ways a life can transform once sobriety is in place. ' -Publishers Weekly 'Sarah Levy's Drinking Games is more than one woman's captivating story of letting go of a destructive relationship to alcohol. This emotional excavation will inspire anyone navigating addiction. ' Bracing and insightful.offers equal measures of introspection and hope. In this intimate and darkly funny memoir, she stumbles through her twenties, explores the impact alcohol has on relationships and identity, and shows us how life's messiest moments can end up being the most profound. Sarah takes us by the hand through her personal journey with blackouts, dating, relationships, wellness culture, startups, social media, friendship, and self-discovery. Candid and dynamic, this book speaks to the all-consuming cycle of working hard, playing harder, and trying to look perfect while you're at it.

It's an examination of what our short-term choices about alcohol do to our long-term selves and how they challenge our ability to be vulnerable enough to discover what we really want in life.

Drinking Games explores the role alcohol has in our formative years, and what it means to opt out of a culture completely enmeshed in drinking.

But Sarah had a secret: her relationship with alcohol was becoming toxic. She was 28, living in New York City, working a great job, and socializing every weekend. On paper, Sarah Levy's life was on track. Named Most Anticipated by: Good Morning America New York Post Pure Wow BuzzFeed Los Angeles Times Book Riot Apple Books Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived- and how, for her, the last drink was just the beginning.

Drinking games by sarah levy