A review by stephwiesman
Dry by Augusten Burroughs

5.0

Oh good God. That was the only thing I could say after reading this book. I knew it wasn't going to be as "fun" as Magical Thinking. I knew it was going to be about alcoholism. And it was, oh god, it was. But it was so impossible to put down. If you go into this book thinking it's going to be about an alcoholic who blacks out every now and then, you're wrong. It goes to places...places that you know exist, but that you don't think about because they are out of the realm of anything you have ever experienced. As someone going into mental health counseling, I love this book, I applaud it, and I will recommend it to any client I see that I think can handle it. It isn't for the fainthearted, and it may even act as a trigger to some. But damn, is it good, and powerful.