Drinking: A Love Story

Why does Knapp label her book a love story? What kind of love story is it? How do her relationships with other people—for instance, her father—inform her definition of love?

According to Knapp, how are alcoholism, anorexia, and other types of addictions expressions of a hunger that is more than just physical?

It took many years for Knapp to recognize that she was an alcoholic and seek treatment for it. What are some of the reasons she identifies for this being such a drawn-out process?