Publisher's Synopsis
In this collection of honest and compelling stories, poems, and memoirs from forty-nine women, Kay Marie Porterfield explores the inextricably intertwined relationship between physical passion and chemical abuse. Many women get high to numb the pain of broken relationships - but a miraculous aphrodisiac can become a substitute for a lover. Like Ariadne, these women become wed to Dionysus. They believe that they are goddesses - holy, whole, uninhibited, ecstatic. Then the ritual marriage turns dark - unleashing destructive anger and sickness. Recovery requires divorcing Dionysus, taking back power, embracing primal feminine energy and becoming lovers of not just sexual partners, but of oneself, the world, and the divine.
