Whip (Denzel Washington) is a pilot who is shown that he is both a heavy drinker and a cocaine user. He heads to work and right after take-off the plane is hit with an incredible amount of turbulance. … more
A routine plane flight has a catastrophic malfunction, but the alcoholic, drugged pilot miraculously saves many lives. Now the question is: How will his additions affect the crash investigation? … more
Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) has a secret...He's an alcholic/coke addict...Whip is also an extraordinary pilot who miraculously crash lands a plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving all but … more
It can be a struggle to make it through this memoir PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN. Bill Clegg's life situation and changes due to his extraordinary utter addiction to smoking crack could have been … more
There is only one reason why Derek Steele is not dead today: There was so much more left for him to do. Regardless of the situation he dealt with at home and the problems he called fo himself, something … more
I read alot of books on addiction and recovery and I have to say that this one is one of the scariest I have ever read. From the first word - you get a total and complete sense … more
This is not a story for the conservative or close-minded. Nikki Six shares his raw pain and struggles of addiction through his most trusted confidant, his diary. I would reccommend this reading … more
I had heard some wonderful things about this book and, of course, because I am a fan of addiction/recovery books I was really looking forward to reading this one. Unfortunately, … more
I was warned about this book. I heard about Frey and Oprah. I heard about the big controversy, the scandal, the coming-clean of Frey. I picked it up anyway because it looked interesting. … more
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cat_3105 posted a Quick Tip about Dry (book).
July 10, 2010
I love Augusten Burroughs' writing style, in which I don't know why every word is relevant, but it is. I don't know how it all ties together, but it does. I don't see how it could possibly all be true, … more
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Improvbear posted a Quick Tip about Dry (book).
July 04, 2010
Augusten Burroughs is a trip -- an acid trip, a trip on a bus of lost souls, an ocean voyage with a slightly demented storyteller who is the only person who really knows what's going on. His struggle … more
The controversy around this book has unfortunately taken away many of the poignant realities in the authors words. I cringed and could barely read the dentist portions. I do think there are raw emotions … more
I first saw this book sitting on a counter at a little mom and pop deli down the street from my house. I had no intention of running out to buy it at the local book store, but I did just that. I sat down … more
love this book. what an inside view to what goes on inside your mind when you are on drugs. I can't imagine how that must feel... well now I can because i read this book . :)
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Nataliejane posted a Quick Tip about Dry (book).
June 25, 2010
I think I read this book when I was in seventh grade. I think, at the time, I remember liking it. It was harrowing, filled with those intangible dangers that fascinate seventh graders whose biggest challenge … more
"My urges are gone. My heart is beating slow and steady. Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something … more