Paula Ganzi Licata
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Paula Ganzi Licata is an Award-winning writer, journalist, blogger and essayist. She is an award-winning writer, a contributor to Newsday and The New York Times, including the Modern Love column and Opinionator. Her material often comes from the stuff of everyday life, such as getting caught re-gifting after Christmas. She recently completed a memoir, Last Call: Surviving an Alcoholic - A..
Paula Ganzi Licata
1w ago
The basement wasn’t just a place in our house, it was an interloper in our home. The basement is where my husband went to be an alcoholic. So pervasive was this space, that the basement feels like a character in my book, Bottles in the Basement: Surviving an Alcoholic—a Memoir. A place can be as powerful as a person. Just as Manhattan wasn’t merely a backdrop to Sex and the City but a fifth character in the show, our basement played a part in our marriage. It was a conduit for Robert’s alcoholism, enabling him to hide his addiction. It was a wedge between us, providing an escape from our life ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
2w ago
BOTTLES IN THE BASEMENT: SURVIVING AN ALCOHOLIC–A MEMOIR. Available on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback.
“An engrossing account about a wife dealing with her alcoholic husband.”—Kirkus Reviews
“This is an absorbing memoir…” —Kirkus Reviews
#BottlesInTheBasement #alcoholic #memoir #survivinganalcoholic #alcoholism ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
1M ago
No better feeling for a writer than connecting with readers!
At a recent book signing, I had the opportunity to speak with loved ones of alcoholics. While it’s heartbreaking to know people are going through difficult times, it’s also heartwarming to hear how telling my story has helped others process their pain and suffering.
“Reading your book made me feel less alone.”
“I could not put the book down. It tells a real life story about the disease of alcoholism.”
“I read Bottles in the Basement in a day.”
For those of you living with or having survived an alcoholic, you will find comfort in the ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
2M ago
“This is an absorbing memoir, with McGloin’s grief and pain taking center stage.” —?????? ???????
“An engrossing account about a wife dealing with her alcoholic husband.”—?????? ???????
What readers are saying:
Reading your book made me feel seen during this awful phase. So much of what you described hit home for me and gave me a sense of peace that I am not alone in this experience. When I woke up Friday after finishing your book the prior night, I felt a lightness I haven’t felt in months, or maybe years. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for having the courage and tenacity to write ab ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
2M ago
In case you missed my interview on iHeart Radio’s Sonstein Sundays with Shelli Sonstein talking about living with an alcoholic, you can listen to the podcast here. #bottlesinthebasement #survivinganalcoholic #memoir
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-sonstein-sessions-28094539/?keyid%5B0%5D=Sonstein%20Sessions&pname=podcast_profile&sc=widget_share ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
2M ago
Thrilled to be a guest on the award-winning Sonstein Sundays, thank you Shelli Sonstein! The show will air this Sunday, January 14 at 6:55 a.m. on Q104.3. I’ll be talking about my book, Bottles in the Basement: Surviving an Alcoholic — a Memoir.
To tune in live https://q1043.iheart.com/
If you’re not able to tune in live, it will be a podcast after it airs and you can find the podcast at this link
https://q1043.iheart.com/featured/sonstein-sunday ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
5M ago
Available on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle.
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So many of you have reached out over the years to say: “You told my story!” Bottles in the Basement: Surviving an Alcoholic isn’t only my story, it’s yours.
Thanks for reading ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
5M ago
Help. It comes in all shapes, sizes and personalities, from unsuspecting places, and at surprising times. It ranges from the ordinary to the extraordinary. It isn’t always perfect, and not necessarily dignified or poetic. Sometimes it might even feel intrusive. But help is everywhere if you know how to appreciate it.
During grief and tragedy, we derive different things from the people in our lives. Those who make us laugh, the ones who let us cry, the good listeners, the task managers. As Joyce Carol Oates wrote in A Widow’s Story: A Memoir, “For the widow, as for all who are grieving, t ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
5M ago
He was once the boozy Brooklyn writer, having a reputation for a mighty pen and an insatiable thirst. Then Pete Hamill turned his life around. Hamill was a recovering alcoholic for almost fifty years, having had his last drink in 1972. In addition to his literary legacy, decades of amazing books and articles, abstinence was probably one of his greatest achievements. I was lucky enough to see the legendary New Yorker and extraordinary writer at the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival. Years before Hamill had helped me begin to understand my husband’s alcoholism—and the hell my life had be ..read more
Paula Ganzi Licata
5M ago
Social distancing. Loneliness. Isolation. These terms are familiar to those living with an alcoholic. Holed up in basements, man caves, anyplace in their home that lets them drink in secrecy, the alcoholic retreats from society, their family and friends.
As officials continue to advise people to shelter-in-place in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus, it’s become a strange but necessary lifestyle as we attempt to limit our exposure and reduce the risk of infection. It’s also a lifestyle that loved ones of alcoholics have observed up close.
Other than a trip to the supermarket for ..read more