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Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Neil Steinberg
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 99532
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
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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 "Drunkard" is a great book, dark but funny. August 16, 2008
"Drunkard" is a great book, with the author showing a wonderful use of words and a clever way to make his devastating story very funny. He laughs through his tears and so do the readers.
 drinker August 16, 2008
as a drinker i could relate to many of the problems the author faced.it was both informative and entertaining,laughing out loud in some instances.if you are or if you know or are involved with a colorful character you will enjoy and be more knowledgeable!and that's that!!!
Great book!! August 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First things first -- this is very well written book by someone who can actually write. A little ironic, a little funny, a little depressing, and a little bit uncomfortably over-intimate, in the tradition of the modern memoir. I saw it at my local bookstore last week (but ordered it on my Kindle) and picked it up on a whim. I'm not really sure how the book would come off to people who don't have problems with drugs or alcohol. I do, so a lot of it hit home with me. In one of those weird coincidences that make you wonder if the universe is trying to send you a personal message, I am 43 (like the author), I have two young children (like the author), I went to Northwestern (like the author), I lived in Winetka (near the author), and I have been drunk in virtually every Chicago restaurant and bar mentioned in the book (like the author). Oh, and this is my first year of sobriety. So, this hit weirdly and uncomfortably close to home for me. Lest you get the wrong impression, the book is not all melodrama; there is a lot of wry humor in the book that I deeply appreciated. If you have a drinking problem or know somebody who does -- or if you just want a peek into that world -- I would definitely recommend this book.
Can't put my finger on it... August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I should start by saying that this was a very easy read. I felt that I was able to get a good grasp of what AA was like, at least one man's point of it anyway.
There was though, something that I didn't like. I'm not quite sure what it is though. I certainly don't like Neil Steinberg as an individual. I would never want to be friends with him. I think the book is void of emotion. I can't help but think that his background as a reporter had something to do with that. Afterall reporters are told to try and take themselves out of their stories, and to offer little of their own feelings. This is a memoir though and it is only effective if we get to know the person and really get inside their head.
If you want to read a book that has a similiar subject but does it better, I would suggest: Dry: A Memoir.
A fascinating account August 4, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Neil Steinberg's Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life is a fascinating account of his struggle to confront his alcoholism. This is a well written book about a subject that almost everyone can relate to on some level. While recounting a very dark time in his life, Steinberg manages to hang on to his sense of humor.
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