Biography & Autobiography Memoirs Self-Help Substance Abuse & Addictions Alcohol Paperback E-book
This candid memoir and essays offer an honest conversation about marketing and advertising promises of alcohol versus the realities of drinking. It delves into the mental, emotional and physical costs associated with alcohol consumption, as well as the difficulties of quitting a substance that is highly normalized in society.
In the absence of clear and consistent definitions of alcohol addiction, this essential text posits the idea that a person does not need to identify as an alcoholic in order for alcohol to have a negative impact on quality of life.
This memoir and essays examines the continuum of consumption, and argues that there are a great many people suffering across all walks of life, not sure if they have a problem and not sure what to do.
“For many millennials, we didn’t drink to ‘have a nice time.’ We drank to black out. Why? In Not That Bad, Lindsay Clayton counts the ways: boredom and anxiety. Sorrow and celebration. The writerly romance of booze. An industry that sells intoxication as freedom. But it’s easy to blame the circumstances. Harder is asking why we want to escape in the first place. In this intimate, unsparing memoir, Clayton examines the culture around us, then turns the scrutiny inward, revealing the hunger, aversion, and fragile self-image behind our urge to escape. Utterly nonjudgmental, Not That Bad is about meeting the moment as it is—and taking back your memory, choice, attention, and, ultimately, your life.”
– Spencer Gordon, author of A Horse at the Window
