Publisher's Synopsis
"I was ten years old and two sheets to the wind," writes the author. That was the beginning. A child who loved whiskey sours and an ever-increasing need for "liquid candy with a buzz-kick" led to an alcohol addiction with an unremitting stranglehold on her life. That grip persisted for decades shadowing the joys and exacerbating the tragedies of her turbulent life. While leading the reader on her journey of discovery and healing, the author describes the soul-crushing and relationship-destroying power of addiction with raw emotion and spirited humor. In her dramatic struggle towards recovery she is finally able to free herself from the demons of her long ago. The Queen of Everything is an uncensored and fearlessly written chronicle of a world shaped by alcohol, starting with bologna sandwiches and bourbon when she was just a kid. The author has the extraordinary ability to make the reader experience whatever she feels. Her story is funny, shocking, tender and true. From one chapter to another, you won't know whether to laugh or cry. With that gut-wrenching odyssey behind her, the author sums up her success in the final sentence of the book: "In one sense, the past is behind me; in another, it
