Dark Wine Waters - Frances Simone

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       Special praise for Dark Wine Waters

      “Fran Simone’s finely drawn memoir offers testament that love is not enough against the disease of addiction. In sensuous detail, she traces the progression of her husband’s alcoholism, the assault on a rich and loving marriage, and the ways they were twisted into strangers to one another and to themselves. This page-turner confirms that we are all more alike than different on the journey with an addicted loved one, and offers hope that the author’s recovery can be our own.”

       Barbara Victoria, Author

       It’s Not About You, Except When It Is: A Field Manual for Parents of Addicted Children

      “Fran Simone has written a memoir that provides a powerful and insightful firsthand account of the disease of addiction. She chronicles the progression of not only the disease, but also the baffling progression of denial that engulfs the addicted person, leaving family members bewildered, angry, and hurt. I was inspired by her journey, her willingness to tell her story, and the miracle of hope that finds root in tragedy.”

       Ed Hughes, MPS, LICDC-CS, Author

       Baffled by Addiction: Successful Strategies to Help Your Addicted Loved One

      “You don’t have to be an alcoholic to deal with alcoholism. This is a compelling account for anyone who has ever tried.”

       Charles Rubin, Author

       Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children

      “Simone vividly recounts her own compelling journey with the insidious disease of alcoholism and her sustaining spiritual awareness of recovery. Dark Wine Waters: My Husband of a Thousand Joys and Sorrows is both a tribute and an awakening to those who struggle with addiction and for those who love them.”

       Patrice M. Pooler, MA, ADC, Executive Director

      Mid-Ohio Valley Fellowship Home, Inc.

      

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      © 2014 by Frances Simone

      All rights reserved. Published 2014.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.

      Publisher: Central Recovery Press

       3321 N. Buffalo Drive

       Las Vegas, NV 89129

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      ISBN: 978-1-937612-65-8 (e-book)

      Publisher’s Note: Central Recovery Press offers a diverse selection of titles focused on addiction, recovery, and behavioral health. Our books represent the experiences and opinions of their authors only. Every effort has been made to ensure that events, institutions, and statistics presented in our books as facts are accurate and up-to-date.

      This is a memoir, a work based on fact recorded to the best of the author’s memory. To protect their privacy, the names of some of the people, places, and institutions in this book have been changed.

      Dark Wine Waters is the story of a marriage affected by one partner’s addiction to alcohol, and the text reflects both the subject’s and the author’s authentic experiences.

       Cover and interior design and layout by Sara Streifel, Think Creative Design

       To Terry D with love

       Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos

       Vetat Incohare Longam

       (The Shortness of Life Forbids Us Long Hopes)

      They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,

       Love and desire and hate:

       I think they have no portion in us after

      We pass the gate.

       They are not long, the days of wine and roses:

       Out of a misty dream

       Our path emerges for a while, then closes

      Within a dream.

      Ernest Dowson

       Table of Contents

       Part II: Muddy Water

       CHAPTER FOUR: Troubled Waters

       CHAPTER FIVE: Rock Bottom

       CHAPTER SIX: Surfacing

       Part III: Turbulent Water

       CHAPTER SEVEN: Sinking

       CHAPTER EIGHT: Smooth Water

       CHAPTER NINE: Treading Water

       CHAPTER TEN: Storm Surges

       CHAPTER ELEVEN: At the Bridge

       CHAPTER TWELVE: Tsunami

       Part IV: Healing Water

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Empty Vessel

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Burial at Sea

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dry Land

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Clear Sailing

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