Who here has read Dry by Augusten Burroughs? It’s about his time at rehab and after while he worked at an ad agency in the 90s. 5/5 stars.

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read it earlier this summer, good read. i can always see myself in other another addict/alcoholic’s story, but dry felt especially resonant given he’s in our industry. it’s a miracle (like for a lot of us) that he’s still alive.

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My favorite sobriety memoir by a mile. I read it my first weeks of sobriety and recommend it to anyone who is newly sober. Just celebrated 9 years sober and still read that book once a year.

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I read it back in high school or college before I got sober. At the time I was like, “hell yeah I know the feeling of alcohol sweeping through the pores.” And I thought that was super cool 🤦🏼‍♀️

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That was me back in high school and college, when I thought Bukowski’s life was soooooo cool.

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I read it for the first time recently and Wow! Solid writing, but, more importantly, it was nice to hear that he shared some the same struggles I’ve had with sobriety while working in the industry.

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Never heard of it, but I’ll look for it. Have you read any books by Bill Clegg?

Love AB. His other books are great as well and his brother has a novel about his struggle with asperger’s.

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