Burroughs peppers the book with interesting metaphors, colorful allusions, dark humor, and moments of insightful clarity. He is concise and to the point, but his writing isn't simplistically dull. There are a couple moments here and there where Burroughs does touch on a few "highlights" of his abusive, dysfunctional childhood, which serve to provide the necessary context for this moment in his life.Once again, I found Burroughs's work to be compelling, not just for its plot but because Burroughs's writing style flows so easily. It's not necessary to read his first book to jump right in to this one, but I think it helps to know his background to both understand how Burroughs got to this point in his life and to sympathize with him even when he's at his worse. This second memoir from Burroughs jumps ahead in time from the ending of his previous book Running with Scissors, picking up in the middle of his advertising career, which manages to be successful and lucrative despite his burgeoning alcohol problem. The book continues on to describe his recovery efforts as he faces some heavy emotional personal hurdles.
In Dry, Augusten Burroughs recounts how he is forced into to rehab or will lose his job and how this experience opens his eyes to his alcoholism. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is true. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click and that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long.Īt 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.
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.
You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twentysomething guy, nice suit, works in advertising. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. From the New York Times Bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes the story of one man trying to out-drink his memories, outlast his demons, and outrun his past.
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