Book description
You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen
him on the street, in bars, on the underground, at restaurants: a
twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular.
Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten had
twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never
went home at all. 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 dashed by the grim reality of
fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. But when Augusten is
forced to examine himself, 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 life - and live it sober.
