Sharon osbourne autobiography extreme
Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography
September 20, 2012
Excellent. I read A LOT of bios- especially rock and celebrity... but I never read one that I connected with so personally, or was so sad to finish. I just want to have coffee with Sharon every morning.... in another life, perhaps.
Painfully honest about her struggle as the wife of an addict. I am the wife of an alcoholic, and I have read a lot of books about addiction and/or addicts. But none other has touched my heart so deeply. If you love an addict- spouse, child, friend, etc- and have found other accounts to not exactly portray your pov, try this one.
I am a similar smart-ass, no-back-down personality to Sharon, I think. But I often feel others think my commitment to my husband is viewed as a weakness. Like, if I was so tough, I would "just leave".... this aspect of living with an addict is a central theme of Sharon's book. So also is the guilt brought on by considering cutting lose someone who has a real disease, when all of your own success was built on their back.
But, dont get me wrong-- this is NOT a whiny wallowing version of being an addicts wife. It is an account of owning your part, and remaining faithful, while maintaining to the end a position of fighting for an addict until they are either in remission or gone. I may some day see my husband finish himself off... but it wont be without me fighting him every step of the way...
It was also a story of hope, in that- at the time of it's finish- Ozzy was 2 years clean, and her son 3 years. Sharon's story reinforced my belief that my way may not be the AlAnon way, but it is MY journey... not conducive to the choices of others, but not "wrong" either.
Painfully honest about her struggle as the wife of an addict. I am the wife of an alcoholic, and I have read a lot of books about addiction and/or addicts. But none other has touched my heart so deeply. If you love an addict- spouse, child, friend, etc- and have found other accounts to not exactly portray your pov, try this one.
I am a similar smart-ass, no-back-down personality to Sharon, I think. But I often feel others think my commitment to my husband is viewed as a weakness. Like, if I was so tough, I would "just leave".... this aspect of living with an addict is a central theme of Sharon's book. So also is the guilt brought on by considering cutting lose someone who has a real disease, when all of your own success was built on their back.
But, dont get me wrong-- this is NOT a whiny wallowing version of being an addicts wife. It is an account of owning your part, and remaining faithful, while maintaining to the end a position of fighting for an addict until they are either in remission or gone. I may some day see my husband finish himself off... but it wont be without me fighting him every step of the way...
It was also a story of hope, in that- at the time of it's finish- Ozzy was 2 years clean, and her son 3 years. Sharon's story reinforced my belief that my way may not be the AlAnon way, but it is MY journey... not conducive to the choices of others, but not "wrong" either.