Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful : alcoholism, addiction and early recovery / Chris McCully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCully, C. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholics--Biography.

Alcoholics.

Alcoholics--Rehabilitation.

McCully, C. B--Diaries.

McCully, C. B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st American ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Early Recovery; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THIS BOOK; Journal entries 1-2 December 1999; 2002 Retrospective The Hospital; Journal entries 3-10 February to March 2000; 2002 Rectrospective The Simplification; Journal entries 11-20 March to April 2000; 2002 Rectrospective The Loneliness of Gratitude; Journal entries 21-32 April to July 2000; 2003 Retrospective 'The Slush-Fund'; Journal entry 33 17 July 2000 (with 2003 Retrospective); Journal entries 34-59 July 2000 to April 2001; 2002 Retrospective The Changes

Journal entries 60-61 April 20012003 Retrospective Some Diagnostics of Alcoholism; Journal entries 62-64 April toMay 2001; 2002 Retrospective A Symptom of Something Deeper; Journal entries 65-72 June to October 2001; APPENDIX 1: NEWS OF A RELAPSE; APPENDIX 2: 'ALCOHOLISM, GENETICS, AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM' CHRIS MCCULLY WITH MONIKA SCHMID; SOME READING; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610266906

9781280266904

1280266902

9781423710103

142371010X

9781846420405

1846420407

OCLC:

60741746