Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful: Alcoholism, Addiction and Early RecoveryJessica Kingsley Publishers, 15. juuli 2004 - 240 pages Alcohol thought Chris McCully was Mr. Wonderful. When Chris was drinking, he sometimes thought so too - Mr. Generous, Mr. Witty and Charming, Mr. Champagne. But there are other labels - 'chronic alcoholic' (all over the medical notes); 'high risk offender' (in the court record). Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful gives a detailed account of the early stages of recovery from alcoholism. From his admittance into hospital to his life as a writer in the Netherlands, McCully offers a detailed and often analytical reflection on what it feels like to be a recovering alcoholic. There is no cure for alcoholism, but there is daily management, and there is hope. This is a book for anyone who wishes to understand, or wishes that someone else could understand, the process of healing from addiction. |
Contents
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Journal entries 1120 March to April 2000 | 51 |
2002 Rectrospective The Loneliness of Gratitude | 74 |
2002 Retrospective The Changes | 172 |
Journal entries 6061 April 2001 | 179 |
2003 Retrospective Some Diagnostics of Alcoholism | 184 |
Journal entries 6264 April toMay 2001 | 187 |
2002 Retrospective A Symptom of Something Deeper | 193 |
Journal entries 6572 June to October 2001 | 202 |
NEWS OF A RELAPSE | 223 |
ALCOHOLISM GENETICS AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM CHRIS MCCULLY WITH MONIKA SCHMID | 225 |
Journal entries 2132 April to July 2000 | 78 |
2003 Retrospective The SlushFund | 105 |
Journal entry 33 17 July 2000 with 2003 Retrospective | 108 |
Journal entries 3459 July 2000 to April 2001 | 111 |
SOME READING | 231 |
INDEX | 233 |
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AA meeting addiction addictive patterns Al-Anon alco alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Amsterdam anger Antabuse asked black-outs bloody booze bottle called can’t chaos Chris McCully coffee couldn’t detox difficult disease doesn’t drinker drunk DVLA early recovery ethanol face feel felt fishing friends George Best habits hangover happened holism hospital human hurt I’ve illusion Indian isn’t Jelly Babies kind knew laughter licence live look magic thinking mean memories Monika months never night one’s people’s perhaps poem problem Racial Hygiene recovering relationship remember resentment seems self-pity shaking shame sick sleep smile sober sobriety somehow someone somewhere sterilization stuff tell there’s they’re things thought tion today’s Tommy Docherty tomorrow treatment truth trying turned vitamin vodka voices walking wasn’t week what’s Wonderful words worry write Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No you’re
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Page 45 - LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.
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