A memoir about sobriety, truth, and surviving yourself.

Elli Rose Cikovic

Author of The Diary of a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Alcoholic

I didn’t become sober because I was graceful or enlightened.

I became sober because I was exhausted — from the chaos, the blackouts, and the versions of myself I barely recognized.

The Diary of a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Alcoholic is a raw, unfiltered memoir about addiction, reckless choices, and the quiet decision to choose sobriety anyway.

This is my story.

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Why I wrote this…

This book quickly became a living, breathing thing during my first two years of being alcohol-free. I poured my heart into it with the only intention being to help myself — and, hopefully, others along the way. I don’t know who I would be now without this process, and I am forever grateful for what it has shown me. It caught me after I chose to save myself.

- Elli Rose Cikovic