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Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life | 
| Author: Neil Steinberg
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 53924
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 0525950656
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.861092
EAN: 9780525950653
ASIN: 0525950656
Publication Date: June 19, 2008
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Product Description
An extraordinarily honest memoir about the life of a functioning alcoholic and the realities of recovery from a veteran columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Neil Steinberg loves his wife. He loves his two young sons. He loves his job and his ramshackle old farmhouse in the suburbs. But he also loves to drink, a passion that rolls merrily along for twenty-five years until one terrible night when his two worlds collide and shatter.
Drunkard is the story of one mans fall down the rabbit hole of alcoholism, and his slow crawl back out. Sentenced to an outpatient rehab program, Steinberg discovers that twenty-eight days of therapy cannot reverse the toll decades of vigorous drinking take on ones soul. In clear, distinctive, honest, and funny prose, Steinberg comes to grips with his actions, rebuilds his marriage, and reclaims his life.
Unlike outlandish tales of addictions extremes, Steinbergs story is a regular persons account of the stark-yet-common realities of a problem faced by millions around the world. Drunkard is an important addition to the pantheon of critically acclaimed, bestselling memoirs such as The Tender Bar, Drinking: A Love Story, and Smashed.
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 The uncomfortable truth, bravely and gorgeously written. July 24, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a regular reader of Mr. Steinberg's Sun-Times column, and was impressed by the grace and humility he exhibited when addressing his struggle. I have eagerly awaited his memoir of the experience, and was not disappointed. Steinberg does not hide his selfish, hurtful behavior nor the fortress of lies he built to conceal it. His story is difficult to read - and it must have been excruciating to write.
There is no happy ending for alcoholics/addicts and their families; at best, there can be healing and a commitment to pursuing a hopeful future. Steinberg is a fortunate man - he was forced to confront his disease in time to save his family, his job, and his life. Sharing his story is a grateful man's way of acknowledging his good fortune and making restitution to the world at large.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who struggles with substance abuse, for those affected by a loved one's struggle, and for anyone who seeks an education about addiction in the real world.
masterful, powerful. and yet retains a subtle touch and leaves room for one's own thoughts and conclusions July 17, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
DRUNKARD, on the face of it, is another memoir of a tortured or addicted soul. One guy. But somehow Steinberg, with his lack of hyperbole and impeccable timing and style, draws us in and we feel an oddly genuine intimacy - one that good writers know how to deliver. i'm sober one year and a greedy obsessive reader, and this one rates up there with DRY by Augusten Burroughs, and Drinking, A Love Story. In fact, this book seems to me an uncanny hybrid of the two. It's not superior to either DRY or DRINKING A LOVE STORY, but it holds its own nicely. Most highly recommended.
Excellent first-person perspective. July 15, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book for friend who's going through rehab. He and the author have much in common - both are creative, successful and have loving spouses and families. Before passing to on to my friend and read through Drunkard quickly and found it to be an honest account of someone who was not easily convinced. Perhaps it was the reporter in him that required more than one source/or situation to tell him he was out of control. If you have a friend, family-member, loved one who could benefit from Drunkard, I recommend it.
 I was expecting more July 14, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
and so felt a bit disappointed when I reached the end of Neil Steinberg's account of his descent into alcoholism. . Steinberg's story never really grabbed me. He's almost too detached, too analytical. I wasn't looking for Greek tragedy but I thought that somewhere along the way the author would admit to a few tears, to a sleepless night or two. I felt cheated.
a terrific walk in someone elses shoes July 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Loved this book. Neil Steinberg isn't an out of control, down on his luck, out on the street kind of drunk. No, he's more of an average guy who finds himself thinking about drinking when he should be working. Or having a nip right before he drives his kids to a softball game. Or hits his wife because he's so loaded and she's had just about enough of him. Every single word rings true. Laughed and cried,a nd really, what more can you ask? Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling
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