The Tenth Anniversary Edition of the New York Times bestselling book
that has sold over half a million copies in paperback.
"I was addicted to "Bewitched" as a kid. I worshipped Darren Stevens the
First. When he'd come home from work and Samantha would say, 'Darren,
would you like me to fix you a drink?' He'd always rest his briefcase on
the table below the mirror in the foyer, wipe his forehead with a
monogrammed handkerchief and say, 'Better make it a double.'" (from
Chapter Two)
You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him
on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twentysomething
guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. 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. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls
and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. 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.
are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper
hospital slippers. 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. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to
return to his same drunken Manhattan life--and live it sober. What
follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as
it is true. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher
Power.
