Jean McCarthy’s book, Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide, was written to help people who are newly sober maneuver the alcohol-soaked obstacle course that we all run between Halloween and New Year’s Day. When I suggested the book for our Boom Rethink the Drink Community Book Club, I was expecting it to be a simple, practical guide to handling the stress of Holiday events, but it goes much deeper than tips and tools. Jean’s unrivaled knowledge of our topic is reflected in every page of this gentle read. The Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide is just chock full of valuable insight and is indeed a book for all seasons.
During the decade that Jean hosted the weekly interview show, The Bubble Hour, she evolved a unique empathy to all of the ins and outs of staying alcohol-free. Her writing on sobriety, which she has evolved for over 12 years on her personal blog Unpickled, is compassionate and straight forward. A joy to read. In the ever widening sphere of sober bloggers, podcasters and internet influencers Jean McCarthy is the center for me.
Our Boom Community finished the inaugural year of our book club with Jean’s book in December 2023. We all overestimated how much time we would have free during that always intensely full month, so we didn’t have a chance to finish this discussion, but we will happily come back to the Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide, pick up where we left off, and continue this discussion in the years to come. This book addresses so many of the issues we all face daily in the struggle to stay sober in a booze-soaked world. The Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide is a book that we will return to often in our Boom Rethink the Drink Community whether it’s December or July.
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Jean McCarthy’s Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide was a finalist in 2020 for the 14th Annual Indie Excellence Awards
Open the discussion posts with the links below and join the conversation in our private community space.
- Welcome to the Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide Discussion – Tales of Halloweens Past
- My Last Rock Bottom Holiday Season Memory
- Patchwork Recovery
- The Wisdom of Others
- WOTY challenge
- Expectations are Premeditated Resentments
- Family Gatherings etc – Choose the Role You Play
- Hosting an Event
- The Invites
- to be continued
More by Jean McCarthy
UnPickled Prepare to be Alcohol-Free
Take Good Care: Recovery Readings Inspired by The Bubble Hour Podcast
My 2020 Bubble Hour Interview with Jean
Sobriety Offers Everything that Alcohol Promised – Except the Hangover!
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You can access our Boom Community Book Club archive with the titles below.
- 2023
- The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Sober Diaries – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Blackout – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Chasing the Scream – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Untamed – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Push Off From Here – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- Staying Sober Without AA – A Boom Community Book Club Selection
- In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
- The Biology of Desire – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
- UnPickled Holiday Survival Guide – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
- 2024
- Dry – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
- A Million Little Pieces – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
- Drinking a Love Story – A Boom Community Book Club Discussion
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