Drinking With Dead Drunks

Author : Paul Garrigan
Publisher : Maverick House
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Alcoholics
ISBN : 9781905379798

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Dead Drunk is the moving and powerful story of a teenager who lost himself to alcohol addiction after the breakdown of his parents' marriage. Paul Garrigan has written an honest (and often darkly humorous) account of his alcoholism. His adventures took him from the quiet suburbs of Dublin to begging on the streets of London, getting paid to drink in Oxford, and swigging illegal booze in Saudi Arabia, before finally ending up in a remote Thai village where he fully succumbed to his addiction, and was determined to drink himself to death. While surfing the Internet one night he came across a highly unorthodox detox programme being offered by Buddhist monks, and in a last-ditch attempt at sobriety, he set out on what he was sure would be his strangest and most difficult journey yet. Dead Drunk is a story of redemption and of how one man found sobriety. It is a story of hope.

Author : Elaine Ambrose,AK. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Authors
ISBN : 0972822593

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Drinking with Dead Drunks by Elaine Ambrose,AK. Turner Pdf

After the success of the first book in this series, the authors left the dead women writers in the bar and visited 16 dead men authors to discover that the guys were just as wasted. For example, Raymond Chandler could only finish a screenplay while drunk. Jack Kerouac was booted from many fine establishments. Jack London first visited his favorite bar as a young boy. The essays are clever, revealing, and fun to read.

Author : Rick Meyerowitz
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781683357674

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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead by Rick Meyerowitz Pdf

Reprints and reminiscences from the magazine’s first decade: “Fun to flip through . . . Where would American humor be without the National Lampoon?”—The New Yorker From its first issue in April 1970, the National Lampoon blazed like a comet, defining comedy as we know it today. To create Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, former Lampoon illustrator Rick Meyerowitz selected the funniest material from the magazine and sought out the survivors of its first electrifying decade to gather their most revealing and outrageous stories. The result is a mind-boggling tour through the early days of an institution whose alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture: Animal House, Caddyshack, Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters, SCTV, Spinal Tap, In Living Color, Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons—even Sesame Street counts a few Lampooners among its ranks. This is the story of a band of young talents who “irrevocably rewrote the landscape of American humor” (Publishers Weekly). “A vivid picture of a tight-knit family of twentysomething humorists at the dawn of their careers.” —Newsweek "The other night I started laughing so hard I had to leave the room . . . And then I realized that I hadn’t laughed so hard in 35 years, since I was a teenager, reading National Lampoon.” —The Wall Street Journal “If you grew up with the Lampoon, this book is a trip down memory lane like no other; if not, it will demonstrate that the much maligned 70s could produce humor that has never been surpassed.” —Vanity Fair

Author : Axel Gustafson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : MINN:31951P00540022A

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The Foundation of Death by Axel Gustafson Pdf

Author : Paul Garrigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Alcoholics
ISBN : 1905379692

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Dead Drunk by Paul Garrigan Pdf

When he decided to travel to Thailand, Paul Garrigan had every intention of drinking himself to death there. After a decade of alcoholism, he had destroyed his life and the lives of those around him and was ready to die. In Bangkok, however, he heard of Wat Thamkrabok, a Buddhist monastery in northern Thailand that offered radical treatment for alcoholics and drug addicts. Believing this to be his last chance, Garrigan decided to give it a try. Astonishingly, after a few months in the monastery, he was able to rebuild his life. This is his story.

Author : Derek Sandhaus
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781640122598

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Drunk in China by Derek Sandhaus Pdf

2020 Gourmand Award in Spirits Gold Medal winner in the Independent Book Publishers Awards China is one of the world's leading producers and consumers of liquor, with alcohol infusing all aspects of its culture, from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world, China's most famous spirit, baijiu, remains a mystery. This is about to change, as baijiu is now being served in cocktail bars beyond its borders. Drunk in China follows Derek Sandhaus's journey of discovery into the world's oldest drinking culture. He travels throughout the country and around the globe to meet with distillers, brewers, snake-oil salesmen, archaeologists, and ordinary drinkers. He examines the many ways in which alcohol has shaped Chinese society and its rituals. He visits production floors, karaoke parlors, hotpot joints, and speakeasies. Along the way he uncovers a tradition spanning more than nine thousand years and explores how recent economic and political developments have conspired to push Chinese alcohol beyond the nation's borders for the first time. As Chinese society becomes increasingly international, its drinking culture must also adapt to the times. Can the West also adapt and clink glasses with China? Read Drunk in China and find out.

Author : Richard Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Zombies
ISBN : 0615764827

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Dead Drunk by Richard Johnson Pdf

Charlie Campbell was your average, balding, thirty-year-old alcoholic with a dead-end job and a penchant for shambling through life one mistake after another. However, none of that mattered following the sudden arrival of a mysterious sickness that brought with it infected mobs of zombie-like creatures thirsting for the flesh of the living. Trapped in a Chicago apartment the morning after a raucous bachelor party, Charlie and his old fraternity buddies must battle for survival against the cannibalistic horde, a military invasion and their own rampant stupidity. With supplies, common sense and brain cells dwindling by the hour, the motley crew - including a racist cop, a Sri Lankan used car salesman, a stoner landlord and a pet raccoon - must pull out all the stops to avoid joining the ranks of the dead. If you like zombies, action and humor, crack a beer, pull up a barstool, and prepare for one wild ride.

Author : United States Department of Transportation,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Elizabeth Hanford Dole,Dean R. Gerstein,Steve Olson
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309034494

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Alcohol in America by United States Department of Transportation,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Elizabeth Hanford Dole,Dean R. Gerstein,Steve Olson Pdf

Alcohol is a killerâ€"1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the problem in a "classy little study," as The Washington Post called this book. The Library Journal states, "...[T]his is one book that addresses solutions....And it's enjoyably readable....This is an excellent review for anyone in the alcoholism prevention business, and good background reading for the interested layperson." The Washington Post agrees: the book "...likely will wind up on the bookshelves of counselors, politicians, judges, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials throughout the country."

Author : Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780807035870

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The Sober Truth by Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes Pdf

A powerful exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry—and how a failed addiction treatment model came to dominate America. “A humane, science-based, global view of addiction . . . an essential, bracing critique of the rehab industry and its ideological foundations that we have much to learn from.” —Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts Alcoholics Anonymous has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5–10 percent success rate—hardly better than no treatment at all. Despite this, doctors, employers, and judges regularly refer addicted people to treatment programs and rehab facilities based on the 12-step model. In The Sober Truth, acclaimed addiction specialist Dr. Lance Dodes exposes the deeply flawed science that the 12-step industry has used to support its programs. Dr. Dodes analyzes dozens of studies to reveal a startling pattern of errors, misjudgments, and biases. He also pores over the research to highlight the best peer-reviewed studies available and discovers that they reach a grim consensus on the program’s overall success. But The Sober Truth is more than a book about addiction. It is also a book about science and how and why AA and rehab became so popular, despite the discouraging data. Drawing from thirty-five years of clinical practice and firsthand accounts submitted by addicts, Dr. Dodes explores the entire story of AA’s rise—from its origins in early fundamentalist religious and mystical beliefs to its present-day place of privilege in politics and media. A powerful response to the monopoly of the 12-step program and the myth that they are a universal solution to addiction, The Sober Truth offers new and actionable information for addicts, their families, and medical providers, and lays out better ways to understand addiction for those seeking a more effective and compassionate approach to this treatable problem.

Author : CD Moulton
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359350445

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Clint Faraday book 47: Dead Drunk by CD Moulton Pdf

Author : Prof Oddfellow,Craig Conley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727071069

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Of Drinking in Remembrance of the Dead by Prof Oddfellow,Craig Conley Pdf

112 cocktail recipes to be drunk in remembrance of the dead. The profoundest reason for drinking to the dead to the point of intoxication is to foster a sense of concord with the departed. By way of example, for the Germanic peoples of late antiquity, "The excessive enjoyment of an intoxicating beverage (beer), often in tandem with the funerary rite, can be seen here as a solidarity ritual: it puts those who remain among the living into a kind of transcendent, paranormal state. This is the same state in which the deceased himself now seems to exist, whereby the funerary rite can be accepted as a 'following into death.'"

Author : Jean Ayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1633810577

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Dead Drunk by Jean Ayer Pdf

Author : Mark D. West
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190070854

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Drunk Japan by Mark D. West Pdf

Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways. As Mark D. West shows in Drunk Japan, the distinctive features of Japanese drinking culture and its intoxication-related laws are not simply interesting in and of themselves, but offer a unique window into Japanese society more broadly. Drawing upon close readings of over 5,000 published Japanese court opinions on drunkenness-related cases, he provides a rich description of Japanese alcohol consumption, drinking culture, and intoxication. West reveals that the opinions not only show patterns in what, where, and why people drink in Japan, but they also focus to a surprising extent on characteristics (including occupation, wealth, gender, and education) of individual litigants. By examining the consistencies and contradictions that emerge from the cases, West finds that, at its most extreme, the Japanese legal system is hyper-individualized. Focusing on individual people sometimes leads courts to ignore forensic evidence, to rely on post-arrest drinking tests, and to calculate prison sentences based on factors such as a mother's promise to help her adult child abstain. Cumulatively, the colorful and often tragic cases West uses not only illuminate the complexity of the culture, but they also reveal an entirely new vision of Japanese law and a comprehensive picture of alcohol use in Japanese society writ large.

Author : Pam Lock
Publisher : British Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0712354093

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Dead Drunk by Pam Lock Pdf

Suddenly he tripped and fell his length over a prostrate body... he marvelled that so rough an impact should not have kicked a groan out of the drunkard... With a stiff measure of the supernatural, a dram of melodrama and a chaser of the cautionary kind, tales of drink and drunkenness can be found in a well- stocked cabinet of Victorian and early twentieth-century fiction, reflecting an anxiety about the impact of alcohol and intoxicants in society, as well as an acknowledgment of their influence on humans' perception of reality. Featuring drink-fueled classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Body Snatcher' alongside obscurities from periodicals such as Blackwood's Magazine, this new collection offers a (somewhat poisoned) chalice of dark and stormy short fiction, brimming with the weird, the grotesque, the entertaining and the outlandish.

Author : Jack McCarthy
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781938912153

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Drunks and Other Poems of Recovery by Jack McCarthy Pdf

Forty years sober when he neared the end of his life, Jack McCarthy gives the world something special in his final collection of poetry and true stories. This is his legacy to the people who saved his life. Jack McCarthy's poem "Drunks” has gone around the world on recovery websites and is one of the most popular poems on the harsh climb out of alcoholism to date.