Women Who've Recovered from Alcoholism

About the Book

Women Who’ve Recovered From Alcoholism is a portrayal of the lives of thirteen women, from many walks of life. Recovery from alcoholism is the central focus but at least one major issue is also uncovered in each biography such as the loss of racial or cultural identity, resolution of grief from the death infants or miscarriage, the loss of custody of children, or child sexual abuse.

Women represented in this book were raised in a variety of circumstances from wealthy St. Louis during the great depression to a Native American reservation in New York to the tobacco fields of South Carolina. Each inspirational story offers hope and this message to the woman who is alcoholic, “If I can do it, so can you.”

About the Author

Ms. Hawkensen holds a bachelor’s degree in writing from Goddard College in Montpelier, Vermont, and a master’s in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She has worked as an outpatient alcoholism counselor in coastal Maine, served on the advisory board of a women’s treatment facility, also in Maine, and as a project manager for a residential alcoholism program on the Allegany Reservation in western New York. Ms. Hawkensen currently lives in Stratham, New Hampshire, with her ten year old daughter and enjoys discovering children’s literature and folk tales from around the world.