Comments on rabidrunner: Drinking: A Love Story

Winder-friend, it will find it's way to you wh...

2012-01-05T22:15:13.036-07:00

Winder-friend, it will find it's way to you when I'm finished. And I'll do my best to finish fast.

Sparks Megan, your education is also my education,...

2012-01-05T10:28:31.259-07:00

Sparks Megan, your education is also my education, and I thank you.

Prescott Megan, I welcome any recommendation. My book choices are rarely this intense. I enjoy light reading, I enjoy intense reading, I enjoy funny reading, I love wordy reading. Aside from stories about rape and other such violations, I like all reading. If it's interesting I'll like it, so send it my way.

Junkie, in my drinking years, I was a black-outer-er, and it didn't take much. It's quite creepy to end up in your bed at home and wonder how the hell you got there. I'm far too controlling for that kind of action, and that's mainly the reason I quit.

Also, I read an addiction study a while back (not sure where and can't find it now) that concluded that whether you get addicted to a substance relies on your tolerance for that substance. People who are MORE tolerant end up addicted. People who are LESS tolerant end up okay. Those sensitive to substances (the less tolerant crowd,) ingest said substances, then become bombarded, sick, etc and therefore do not become addicted. The muchiness is just too much!

Compare 'n contrast to the more tolerants, and the substance can be used (or abused) without it taking over... basically just adds a special edge (or removes an edge.) This was particularly true for smokers. They found that certain people's brain chemistry had a low tolerance for tobacco and couldn't handle it to begin with, so the adverse reactions overpowered the buzz. Made 'em quit before they were addicted.

Something to think about, I guess. I have read Dry. I went through a Burroughs kick a few years ago and read everything he had –- back before the book reporting, else I'd tell you when. My favorite of his was Magical Thinking.

I was laying in bed last night - 3 pages into a bo...

2012-01-05T09:50:05.450-07:00

I was laying in bed last night - 3 pages into a book I found via my uncle on GoodReads...could you please join it and start rating stuff??...anyhoo after 3 pages I thought I need to tell Amber to read this book (New York Regional Singles Dance: Memoir) I believe it was the profound excitement over her alliteration that made me think that...I have not finished the book but it made me think of you (ok so the writing is a bit lacking in some parts - but overall it's good for an occasional laugh) although now that I think about your book report book and this one I may rescind my recommendation...this may be a tad "too light" :)

Oh, and lemme play Amazon.com here: people who enj...

2012-01-05T01:20:46.097-07:00

Oh, and lemme play Amazon.com here: people who enjoyed "Drinking: A love story" also enjoyed "Dry" by Augustin Burroughs. You should check it out.

Addiction is a curious thing. What's just as c...

2012-01-05T01:17:29.435-07:00

Addiction is a curious thing. What's just as curious is the number of abstainers who are just certain they would be addicts (even though odds are they wouldn't). Right up there with that are the abstainers who are just certain the non-abstainers are going to become addicts, even though odds are they're not. Turns out there are plenty of people who try cigarettes, pot, meth, alcohol, and even heroin, and come away saying "meh. Not really for me."

Here's what I'd like to experience, though. I'd like to know what heroin feels like to an addict as well as what it feels like to a "meh, not for me." Because I bet the difference is significant. But there's no way to know just how significant, unfortunately.

I love what a reader you are. That it's often....

2012-01-05T00:31:39.051-07:00

I love what a reader you are. That it's often. That you're fast. And that you absorb what you read. And I love that you report on it here. I liked this book a lot. And I look forward to throwing more at you. Megan's writing degree is Amber's reading degree. It's the coolest.

Ahhh. Bummer. Jessica beat me too it. At my rat...

2012-01-04T22:53:45.906-07:00

Ahhh. Bummer. Jessica beat me too it. At my rate Jessica would read it faster. So, can I be after you Miss Thing?

All right Zestica... it's yours. I'll mai...

2012-01-04T22:47:25.875-07:00

All right Zestica... it's yours. I'll mail it.

pick me! I wanna read it next! did I tell you my...

2012-01-04T22:46:12.821-07:00

pick me! I wanna read it next!

did I tell you my goal is to read a book a week this year? Yeah. It's a little lofty. Let's see how I do.