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Drunken Angel

By: Alan Kaufman
Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
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Alan Kaufman recounts with unvarnished honesty the story of the alcoholism that took him to the brink of death, the post-traumatic stress disorder that drove him to the edge of madness, and the love that brought him back. Son of a French Holocaust survivor, Kaufman was a drinker so mauled by his indulgences that it is a marvel he hung on long enough to get into recovery. With his estranged daughter as inspiration, Kaufman cleaned himself up at age forty, taking full responsibility for nearly destroying himself, his work, and so many loved ones along the way. Kaufman minces no words as he looks back on a life pickled in self-pity, self-loathing, and guilt. Reading Drunken Angel is like watching an accident to see if any of the victims crawl away barely alive. Kaufman did, and here he delivers a lacerating, cautionary tale of a life wasted and reclaimed.

©2011 Alan Kaufman (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Addiction & Recovery Alcoholism Art & Literature Authors Jewish Mental Health Psychology Psychology & Mental Health World Literature Substance abuse Health

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“With an outsized heart to go with its outsized thirst, Drunken Angel tells the sort of truths that feel like myths and the sort of myths that feel like truth.” (Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket)
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it took awhile for me to get into it, I must say. But once I was hooked it was hard to turn it off. I appreciated how candid and raw the telling was both of the time in Jerusalem and a New York. the hope that finally overcoming profound alcoholism was heartening.

Gritty, candid, unpretty story with hope

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