Recovery Road Trip: Finding Purpose and Connection on the Journey Home

Part recovery journal, part travel log, Recovery Road Trip follows one woman's solo road trip through America after her alcoholic father's death. Through chance encounters, she creates inspiration for those seeking to overcome addiction and find their path.

Meg thought giving up alcohol would lead her to a life of comfort, wisdom, and happiness. Years later, she still hasn't gotten there. What is it that she's missing?

When her father--a raging alcoholic himself--dies, Meg, an only child, has to fly to California from her home in New Zealand to clean up the mess that was his life. Once done, left with her father's car and a few thousand dollars, she decides to take some time for herself--embark on a solo trip across the US that she dubs her Recovery Road Trip.

She has no idea that this one decision will change her world forever.

As Meg travels from state to state, making new friends and having meaningful encounters with strangers, she discovers the person she buried long ago, as well as the freedom and creativity she once found elusive--and finally begins to feel that sense of serenity and joy she's been seeking. Part recovery journal, part travel log, and part woman's search for self, Recovery Road Trip takes readers on an odyssey across America and into a recovering women's exploration for meaning.

Author: Patti Clark
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781647427740
ISBN10: 1647427746
BISAC Categories:
- Self-Help | Substance Abuse & Addictions | Alcohol
- Self-Help | Personal Growth | General
- Self-Help | Adult Children of Substance Abusers

About the Author
Patti Clark is the award-winning author of This Way Up: Seven Tools for Unleashing Your Creative Self and Transforming Your Life. She has also been featured on TVNZ's Breakfast Show, and her work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Mindful Word, and Thrive Global. Her own experience as a middle-aged woman in recovery is deeply reflected in this book, and is what inspired her to write it. Patti was born and raised in Northern California, lived in New Zealand for the past thirty years, and is now living in Portugal.