Dry. (edit title)

something witty approved Kelly M’s request to change the title of Dry. 2 weeks ago.

Kelly M changed the title of Dry. 2 weeks ago.

Tim W edited the summary of Dry. Thursday, September 17 2009.

• Having escaped from a childhood in which his mother adopted him out to her cult leader/psychologist, was repeatedly raped by a fellow patient/cult member and developed a passion for hairdressing, Burroughs’ autobiography continues in Dry with the tale of his adult descent into a life as a high paid, alcoholic advertising executive. Who would have thought that someone with Burroughs’ childhood would be driven to drink?

Tim W edited the quotations of Dry. Thursday, September 17 2009.

• Added a quotation: “<My apartment is> filled with empty Dewar’s bottles, hundreds of empty Dewar’s bottles. They cover all surfaces; the counters in the kitchen, the top of the refrigerator. They are under the table I use as a desk, dozens of them there, with a small clearing for my feet… And then I see them: fruit flies, hovering at the mouths of the bottles. They form dark clouds at the ceiling above the kitchen sink. And dead fruit flies cover everything, like dust.”
• Added a quotation: “I hate feelings. Why does sobriety have to come with feelings?”

Shelfari edited the description of Dry. Friday, July 31 2009.

• From the bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Dry —the hilarious, moving, and no less bizarre account of what happened next. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had to drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls, and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten landed in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey, Jr., are immediately dashed by the grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. 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. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life—and live it sober. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is real. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a higher power.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Dry. Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Augusten Burroughs:

Shelfari edited the contributors of Dry. Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Augusten Burroughs: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Dry. Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.