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. 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. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. 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.
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) 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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