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Surviving in Spirit: A Memoir about Sisterhood and Addiction

What prompts a young woman to abandon the safe bounds of convention for the unknown? At first, all Mélanie Berliet understood was that she'd lost her sense of what 'supposed to' meant. And that her older sister Céline was sick. While it's tough to underst

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“How the fuck did we go from joking about addiction to dying from it?”

— Mélanie Berliet, amazon.com

Tagged: Addiction

“The Law of Siblings dictated that our relationship was never more than a few milliseconds of warmth beyond repair, even under the worst circumstances.”

— Mélanie Berliet, amazon.com

Tagged: Sisters, sisterhood, Family, Siblings, The Law of Siblings

“It’s easy to appreciate someone’s greatest talents or traits or even their quirks, but when you find someone whose flaws you adore and who, in turn, appreciates yours, it all makes sense.”

— Mélanie Berliet, amazon.com

Tagged: Talent, Appreciate, Flaw

“If the alternative to enabling was alienating, was there a right choice?”

— Mélanie Berliet, amazon.com

Tagged: Drug Addiction, Dealing With Addicts, Addicts, Enabling, No Right Choice

“Making no money had inevitably started to suck. I don’t care if you own a yoga mat, blend your own green juices, or have a Master’s in Feng Shui. It’s frustrating to adjust from making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to earning zero dollars an hour pursuing sanity and happiness.”

— Mélanie Berliet, amazon.com

Tagged: Money, From Rich To Poor, Money Makes You Happy (Sort Of), Cash, Carrers