num_pages: 320
description: In this wrenching debut memoir of love family and addiction Liz Fraser tells her story of watching a partner unravel from alcoholism and working to rebuild a life together.My name is Liz and I am the partner of an alcoholic.This is the story of two people in love who packed up their lives and drove a thousand miles across Europe in a transit van to the magical island of Venice to start their new lives and dreams together and raise their baby girl there. They left behind everything they didn't need. But they also brought something terrible with alcoholism.In the summer of 2019 Liz Fraser watched her husband fall into a catastrophic vortex of depression alcoholism and self-destruction which unbeknownst to her had been slowly bubbling and building for years. She was suddenly left alone with their baby in a foreign country renovating a house and paying all the family bills along with his enormous drink-related costs. She worked when she could with no childcare or support all while slowly losing her mind from shock exhaustion and heartbreak.It was a long and lonely time before she met others who live or have lived with alcoholism or other substance abuse whether a spouse a partner a child or friend and found enormous relief in talking about it with people who could understand. In Coming Clean  Liz tells her story--of life with an alcoholic at his darkest moments and the uncertain journey through recovery as her husband nears six months of sobriety. With this raw wrenching memoir she gives a voice and offers hope to everyone watching a loved one struggle with substance abuse with the crucial you are not alone.
language: English
title: Coming Clean: A true story of love, addiction and recovery
publisher: Green Tree