Welcome to The Hungry Mother

Part memoir, part recovery advice, and part recipe book – one mother’s unforgettable journey to sobriety. Jane Fox is unsparingly honest about her years of addiction, her humiliation and shame, and how her love for her children and the rituals of cooking for them, saved her. She offers a singular message for other mothers in recovery—hope.

The Hungry Mother is a roadmap for sustaining long-term recovery by discovering the significant connection between cooking and recovery. In twelve chapters, the 12-steps are illustrated with the author’s very personal stories and experiences. Along the way, she provides culinary activities for sober moms to enrich relationships with their children, themselves, and the outside community, complete with parenting tips, quotes, and recipes.  It also provides valuable insights for family and friends championing an addict/alcoholic’s recovery with a deeper understanding of the difficult road to sobriety.

As a certified recovery peer advocate, Jane Fox knows that “Hungry Mothers” have a true advantage— the courage and capacity for long-term recovery— becoming the women, mothers, and grandmothers, we had hoped to be.