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Originally posted by dtb
Speaking of recovering alcoholics, I recently finished reading "Dry" by Augusten Burroughs, and it's one of the best books I've read in a long time. It's hilarious and (this sounds so cliché) profound. I found it very moving. The story (really, the setting, I suppose) is about his struggle with alcohol addiction and his recovery, but at its core, it's really a love story that's evocative, tender, and ultimately, heartrending.
It really affected me. I think probably this book (or at least the author) has been mentioned here before (his "Running with Scissors" was amazing -- but in a different way), so I'm not saying I invented this, but, I invented this.
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Read "Drinking, A Love Story"*
* A sad aside is that the writer, a woman who really struggled for 20 years with booze, beat her addioction and started a great literary career, only to succumb to another vice - smoking.
