{"id":3459,"date":"2012-12-25T08:08:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/blog\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2020-05-08T21:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T01:42:35","slug":"high-on-love-addiction-by-april-joy-bowden-and-jeanie-rainbow-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=3459","title":{"rendered":"HIGH – On Love & Addiction by April Joy Bowden and Jeanie RAINBOW Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 <\/strong>AuthorHouse, Mar. 2010
\nGenre:\u00a0 <\/strong>Lesbian True Life
\nPages:<\/strong>\u00a0 148
\nWebsite:\u00a0 <\/strong>http:\/\/www.apriljoybowden.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

Choosing between love and addiction is a difficult decision \u2013 when both lift you up and can take you crashing back down.<\/p>\n

Whereas drugs have the ability to destroy lives and relationships, only love has the power to bring you through and fight the disease.<\/p>\n

This struggle is depicted in HIGH – ON LOVE & ADDICTION<\/em><\/strong>, written by April Joy Bowden and Jeanie RAINBOW Bell. Bowden is also the author of the poetry book, The Other Side of Joy<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeanie and April’s relationship began like any typical love romance. Their eyes met across a dance floor, and while they didn’t seem like each other’s type, they fell in love and soon moved in.<\/p>\n

At first glance, Jeanie was good on paper: she had a great job, owned a home, drove a nice car, had a good upbringing, kept up a neat appearance, and treated April like a queen.<\/p>\n

But soon after moving in, strange messages were left on their voicemail. Then Jeanie pulled disappearing acts for days on end. She missed or ruined holidays. That’s when April knew when Jeanie had a drug problem.<\/p>\n

The rest of HIGH<\/em> navigates April and Jeanie’s long journey to getting Jeanie well. What should have been years spent together and creating a family were instead lost to Jeanie’s addiction, relapse and recovery. When Jeanie was sober, she and April had the best time together. When the habit took over, everything took a backseat to getting the next high or, in April’s case, finding Jeanie.<\/p>\n

The good thing is that Jeanie and April survived. Through their entries, Jeanie learned what her addiction was doing to her lover and herself, while April endured her own recovery from love.<\/p>\n

For those who’ve had an addict in their lives, HIGH – On Love & Addiction<\/em> is a detailed account of what the struggle is like on a day-to-day basis. Their entries are frequent and slightly repetitive, but that’s the realness of dating addict. One day at a time.<\/p>\n

Reviewed December 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publisher\/Date:\u00a0 AuthorHouse, Mar. 2010 Genre:\u00a0 Lesbian True Life Pages:\u00a0 148 Website:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.apriljoybowden.com Choosing between love and addiction is a difficult decision \u2013 when both lift you up and can take you crashing back down. Whereas drugs have the ability to destroy lives and relationships, only love has the power to bring you through and fight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[41,75,172,261,292,302,401,421],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7273,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions\/7273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}