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Leaving 101: How To Prepare To Leave Your Alcoholic Husband...Even If You're Not Ready To Leave Your Alcoholic Husband
As the wife of an alcoholic, Wren Waters knows the conflicting emotions women married to alcoholics experience on a dailiy basis. "Should I stay?" "I need to leave." "I don't want to leave." "I'VE GOT TO GET OUT!" She also knows that leaving the alcoholic marriage is not an easy solution or even the solution for all women. "Leaving 101" is not about leaving your alcoholic husband today, tomorrow or necessarily at all. It's about arresting the erosion of your soul brought on by someone else's compulsive drinking and taking back control of your life. So that one day, it is your choice as to whether you stay or go.
209 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 6, 2018
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February 28, 2019
Great Book
This book was so very real that I couldn't believe this woman was feeling the same as me.She gave some great pointers and made me remember I deserve to be happy without settling for his way of life !! I have wings to FLY !!!!!!!!!!
This book was so very real that I couldn't believe this woman was feeling the same as me.She gave some great pointers and made me remember I deserve to be happy without settling for his way of life !! I have wings to FLY !!!!!!!!!!
December 30, 2019
Most practical on living with an alcoholic
I felt like Wren connected with me because she too was also in the trenches. I did not put it down until I was done.
I felt like Wren connected with me because she too was also in the trenches. I did not put it down until I was done.
March 20, 2021
Finally!
Finally someone who gets it! Each and every word had me nodding my head “yes!”. This raw truth is exactly what I needed! I’m reading it for the 3rd time because, well, when your husband is an alcoholic, “sex addict” in denial...you take any advice you can get. Did I marry this version of this man? Hell no! But regardless, it’s what I have. The “loop” that I go through on a daily basis is soul draining. This book helped me see that I can do this! I can live a fulfilling life while I’m in this torturous “uncertain” head space. I don’t have to wrestle each day with the “stay or go” question. I can prepare for any situation while mindfully living each day. Thank you so much for writing this book! It has allowed me to see my situation in a different light. Thus, it has changed my life!
Finally someone who gets it! Each and every word had me nodding my head “yes!”. This raw truth is exactly what I needed! I’m reading it for the 3rd time because, well, when your husband is an alcoholic, “sex addict” in denial...you take any advice you can get. Did I marry this version of this man? Hell no! But regardless, it’s what I have. The “loop” that I go through on a daily basis is soul draining. This book helped me see that I can do this! I can live a fulfilling life while I’m in this torturous “uncertain” head space. I don’t have to wrestle each day with the “stay or go” question. I can prepare for any situation while mindfully living each day. Thank you so much for writing this book! It has allowed me to see my situation in a different light. Thus, it has changed my life!
November 5, 2022
GREAT
Do yourself a favor and read this book whether you are or not a wife to an alcoholic, I am not and have found it extraordinarily helpful and inspiring. If you’re dating an alcoholic you MUST read this book, and the previous one by Wren Waters too. Her books are well written, have perfectly curated quotes, great content, a list of helpful resources, and based on her true living experience. Start reading!
Do yourself a favor and read this book whether you are or not a wife to an alcoholic, I am not and have found it extraordinarily helpful and inspiring. If you’re dating an alcoholic you MUST read this book, and the previous one by Wren Waters too. Her books are well written, have perfectly curated quotes, great content, a list of helpful resources, and based on her true living experience. Start reading!
December 28, 2020
True to my life
I rated this book because I swear it was written about me in every way. The honest feelings explained in this book are true to life. My children don't understand why I've stayed. I purchased the book to give to my 3 children to read so maybe they can understand how and why I stayed for so long.
I rated this book because I swear it was written about me in every way. The honest feelings explained in this book are true to life. My children don't understand why I've stayed. I purchased the book to give to my 3 children to read so maybe they can understand how and why I stayed for so long.
November 21, 2020
So many nuggets of wisdom
This is the perfect book from someone who “gets it.” No two relationships are the same, but the generalized tips help to pull you out of the funk you’ve found yourself living in. My only reason for taking off a star is that it needs editing.
This is the perfect book from someone who “gets it.” No two relationships are the same, but the generalized tips help to pull you out of the funk you’ve found yourself living in. My only reason for taking off a star is that it needs editing.
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