{"product_id":"9781499024654","title":"I GET IT ! I FINALLY GET IT !!: Memoirs - Living with an Alcoholic","description":"Two sayings, I do not know the origin of, but they are apropos. \"Never fall in love with a narcissist. You will live a very lonely life.\" \"If I knew then what I know now\".  Who knows? Who really cares? The 21st century has been one wake-up call for me. In general my life could best be described as a roller coaster ride. Like all great thrill seeking rides there are always highs and lows, extreme exhilaration and abject terror.  I have played major and minor parts in this play called \"Highway to Heaven\". I have had the role of daughter, niece, sister, best friend, lover, mother, grandmother, teacher, sales coordinator. The most challenging I left until last. I was a wife married to an alcoholic for 40 years. I am a divorcee for 6 years and I am still a cancer warrior after 14 years, breast cancer metastasized in the bones.  There is always a straw. \"The straw that broke the camel's back\". It takes guts to see the writing on the wall. But how could I have been blind sided. I have been courted by 'Death' three times in 5 years. This was my 'last kick at the can'. I took a year to track back the people and events and circumstances that got me in the mess I chose to wallow in. It's rewarding to have this last chance 'to clean house'. I have finally found the true meaning of freedom. If this real story can be of any help to anyone then I will have put the gift of more time to good use. I can honestly say I'm ready!  In the end, at the end, the only most important thing is that one likes oneself.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173496766704,"sku":"9781499024654","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781499024654_p0.jpg?v=1763703847","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781499024654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}