Loaded Women and Addiction

by Talbot, Jill

• ISBN13: 9781580052184
• ISBN10: 1580052185
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-28
• Publisher: Seal Press

Summary

Having an addiction can follow the path of a great relationship that goes sour: there's the first blush of romance, the seduction ("you know you want to"), and the downward spiral into either obsession or breaking free. Jill Talbotis no stranger to addiction. Part autobiography, part exposé, Loaded: Women and Addistion weaves Talbot's own battles with addiction with various addiction stories of other women. The result is a captivating, honest look at the allure of addiction - be it to sex, drugs, alcohol, food,, adventure, or infidelity -and ultimately its betrayal. Though addiction can be seductive, if you're waking up with guilt or making choices that harm others, it's probably a clue that things are out of control. Throughout Loaded, Talbot's razor-sharp honesty, heartbreaking self-awareness, and resolve to reveal the difficult truth of her relationship with past and present addictions is humbling and sometimes gut-wrenching. In sharing her struggles and her resolve to attain control over her addictions, Talbot speaks her truth while sending a message of hope to women everywhere.

Author Biography

Jill Talbot teaches at Oklahoma State University.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Secrets
My Grandmother's Flowers	p. 2
A Part of Me	p. 14
What Little I Know Is Enough	p. 23
The Ones Who	p. 35
Li(f)e	p. 62
Seductions
On Longing	p. 72
My Two Countries	p. 79
New Mexico Road	p. 89
Driving Through Kansas	p. 100
Blue-Collar Men	p. 108
Sexagenarian	p. 117
The Space in Between	p. 128
Substance
Wild Girl	p. 138
What I Remember	p. 143
Disappearing	p. 149
Home	p. 158
Wild Bill's Words	p. 171
Park City Queen	p. 184
Point of View	p. 194
Significance
Driving 1-15	p. 210
Viva Terlingua!	p. 212
Missing Mexico	p. 222
The Streets of Former Desire	p. 243
The Last Time	p. 250
Conclusion. The Weight of It All	p. 257
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