This book was great and i think it is an important read. Sobriety is not linear and I think we need more stories about that.

Drink follows a man who is sober and working hard to stay that way. However, although he thinks he is doing everything he can, it soon turns out he needs to work harder.

Review: ⭐⭐⭐/5

"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."

**Thank you to NetGalley and Sterling & Stone publishers for the opportunity to read eARC of Drink in exchange for my honest opinion.**


Drink is a very raw and honest look at the anxiety and self-awareness of someone with a drinking problem. It's layered with heavy themes like transference, abandonment, and self-loathing. The writing is beautifully done and so easily readable and makes you easily feel the pain of each character.

All in all a very powerful and perfectly paced story.


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A brutally honest account which cleverly shows different perspectives and how these shape the same experiences. This is a book which will touch on the lived experience of so many readers and it does it so well. Without judgement, it is nevertheless a lesson.

A very raw and unflinching look at the anxiety and self-awareness of someone with a drinking problem. Very hard to read as someone with a family history of drink issues but beautifully rendered and wonderfully insightful. The sheer terror of the main character shone through the page along with the crushing disappointment of those within his life. A very powerful read. It will stay with you.

Drink touches on the themes of personal responsibility, self-awareness, and how we sometimes distort reality with the stories we tell ourselves. A perfectly paced and beautifully observed story...

Three words.
Raw, emotional, real..

This book is what I would deem a quiet achiever. It displays something so many people suffer from, have had in their life in some form or another…..but it does it in the right way.

You are not invited to look at a perfect life. You are not shown a great family dynamic. You are shown a life being picked up. You are shown mistakes made.

The writing is beautifully done and enables you to feel the pain of each character.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sterling & Stone publishers for the opportunity to read an advance copy of Drink in exchange for my honest opinion. I've read about half of the book, and I have to stop. Not because the book isn't well-written or interesting, because it is definitely both. The fault lies with me.

I wanted to read this because there's a history of alcoholism in my family, and I thought Drink would bring a different perspective to what I've witnessed. The problem is, I was triggered by the frustration and anxiety of the main character, and as his day progressed with one problem after another, I kept cringing, waiting for him to falter. I don't know if he did or not, so no spoilers here.

I think at some point I'll be able to finish the book and give it a proper review. However, I'm pretty certain that the fact it elicited such a strong response from me indicates it's pretty powerful and a good read, so I still plan to rate it at 4 stars.

Nils is surely having a day. A day that he may well not survive. Tomorrow, he reaches a full year of sobriety, Tonight, he is set to attend the one year anniversary of the event that set his downward spiral into motion.

Drink reads like an interpersonal case study, woven with raw emotion, deflated aspirations and nervous anxiety. It's richly layered with heavy themes like transference, abandonment, and self-loathing. It's an emotive biopic of a tragic hero with a good heart, and one you will be silently cheering for once you've finished the final page and closed the book. You can always find hope in disparity.