Dry: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000A9AYK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 571 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Dry, we find that although adult Augusten is doing well professionally, earning a handsome living as an ad writer for a top New York agency, Burroughs's personal life is a disaster. And while its one thing to lay off the sauce in rehab, Burroughs learns that it's quite another to resume your former life while avoiding the alcohol that your former life was based around. His apartment is a sea of empty Dewar's bottles, he stays out all night boozing, and he dabs cologne on his tongue in an unsuccessful
Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. But when he is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click, and that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Ordinary. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is real.. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls and aftershave on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs: You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the train, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. But when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. are immediately dashed by the grim reality of paper hospital slippers. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr
Well written but very dark Jane Doe I bought this as an impulse buy after seeing it on Amazon's deal of the day. Let me be clear: he's a good writer with fascinating tales to tell. And I support the catharsis and literary contribution of telling about his story-worthy life experiences. But for me pearsonally, someone in recovery from multiple types of addictions, the undercurrent of --well, let's just simply call it "dark" -- was so strong and steady that reading his book was becoming emotio. Inspiring Amanda Bateman This book was phenomenal. As someone with a background with a very different addiction, Burroughs memoir was tugging at my heart strings from the first chapter. I found myself stumbling around Manhattan with him and being sent off to rehab to save my job, and life. I love how flawlessly he brings us through his everyday actions, and makes the most mundane thing, such as cleaning his apartment or going to work, have life and carry an energy with it. He is a. Amazon Customer said Couldn't put it down!. This is such a deep and telling story of the struggles of addiction. How he is able to tell even the darkest of moments and keep a sense of humor and lightness through it all just made this book so compelling. I couldn't put the book down, I had to know what happened next! From him teetering on the edge to return to drinking and suffering major loss. Every detail was just so raw you almost felt as though it were you in the story, feeling every up and down