Drink Like A Lady

"A heartwarming story of the life of an alcoholic woman"

by Betty Beger


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 1/11/2007

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 80
ISBN : 9781425981525

About the Book

This is a book about the life of Betty Beger, with all it's up's and down's. She was an abused child by her Mother, went through and graduated from an all girls Catholic High School.  She played the violin in the school orchestra.  She got married at the age of twenty two and had five children. Her husband was a workaholic, and she became an alcoholic.  She battled the disease, always trying to drink like a lady, which meant having two drinks, and stopping.  But, she never succeeded.  Through the grace of God she found AA, still battling, and eighteen months later found sobriety.  At this time she is sober forty two years.  She had two open heart surgeries, and also breast cancer, and had a mastechtomy.  She has had no recurrence of cancer, and hopefully her heart is not a problem.  Then one day the most traumatic thing happened in her life, her youngest son, Robbie, was diagnosed with leukemia. He died eighteen months later when he was eight years old.  Even after all of this, to this day she follows a well lit path that takes her through laughter and a zest for living.  I will reiterate, people and God are pulling her through life.  They also will do this for you, all you have to do is ask, and act.

 


About the Author

Betty Beger lives in a small town in northern Michigan, Bellaire, and she's in her seventies.  She has four living children and eight grandchildren, the oldest is a girl, and seven boys.  Her husband Dale is recuperating from his third mitral valve surgery and having a hard time.  She does her best at being his nurse. They are Roman Catholic and love their church, their pastor, and all the friendly people who attend St. Lukes.  Betty plays the violin at church from time to time.  They like going to Las Vegas for several months in the winter, when their health permits them to do so.  Only one son lives twenty miles from them, all the rest live about two hundred miles away.  They have so much fun at family get togethers.  Northern Michigan is a beautiful area, and they live near the seven chain of lakes. Just looking at water is very soothing and helps with serenity. They really miss the water when they go out west.