The Life of the Party
A True Story of Teenage
Alcoholism
Becky Tirabassi with Gregg Lewis
Table of
Contents
2. My Secret Weapon 21
3. Life of the Party 29
4. Trouble Hits 39
5. Fighting for Control 51
6. A New Start 61
7. Losing Ground 71
8. California Crossroads 81
9. Pursuing the Victory 91
10. Searching for Love 101
11. "I Think I'm an Alcoholic!" 113
12. One Real Victory 125
13. In Different Worlds 133
14. Going Home 143
Epilogue 151
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Copyright
& Bibliographic Data
© 1990 Campus Life Books, Grand Rapids, MI
Used by permission of the author. All rights reserved.
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1. Tirabassi, Becky, 1954–
2. Christian biography – United States
3. Alcoholics – United States – Biography
4. Teenage girls – Alcohol use – United States
BR1725.T57 A3 ~ 248.86 ~ LC: 9041282 ~ OCLC: 21973874 ~ 160p.
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Back Cover
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I closed my eyes, desperately trying to recall something, anything from the night before. But there was nothing. My embarrassment and the horrible, sick feeling in the pit of my stomach kept me from asking what had happened. I could only imagine, and ask myself over and over, How? How did I come to this?
There was only one possible explanation: I've lost total control of who I am.
Becky had always felt that she had to work and fight for acceptance, popularity, and success. Then she discovered a way to loosen up, become the "life of the party": alcohol. From that point on, Becky knew she had it made. It no longer mattered that she constantly fought with her mother, or that her grades in school seemed to be getting lower and lower. It didn't even matter that she was soon drinking so much that she frequently blacked out. All that mattered was that people liked her and she finally felt like a success.
Until the day she realized that the alcohol had become more than a way to loosen up, more than a "friend" at parties.... it had become her life.
Becky Tirabassi, now an author and speaker, is a former youth worker. She lives in California with her husband and children.
Gregg Lewis is editor-at-large of Campus Life magazine and a freelance writer. He's written over four hundred magazine articles and fifteen books, including Tom Landry: An Autobiography, Dark Marathon, and The Hurting Parent. He lives in Rome, Georgia.
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The Life of the Party was originally published as "Just One Victory" [1987]