Getting sober is one thing, staying sober another...

With a glorious bang, alcohol freed Mary Alice Stephens from her lonely, self-critical teenage shell and fueled Fun Mary. For three decades, booze had been her best friend, the reliable spark igniting good times and (she thought) good friendships. But Fun Mary had a dark side: debilitating hangovers, blackouts, and perilous behavior. Not even a two-story fall that left her in a body cast could stop her from drinking. But finally, after putting her young son in danger and her relationship with her husband in jeopardy, Fun Mary had to go.

Now sober at age 45, everything Mary once cherished becomes a trigger-date nights with her husband, friendships centered around wine, and a father who expresses his love through alcohol. This new Sober Mary is lonely and vulnerable-feelings she drank to escape. Now what?

Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Starting Over is the true and often funny story of a woman reaching for a better life through sobriety.