The Couch of Willingness
An Alcoholic Therapist Battles the Bottle and a Broken Recovery System
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4.7 • 26 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
“The tradeoff between recalcitrant humour and boundless tragedy makes this addiction memoir one of a kind.” Marc Lewis, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
After two decades of helping clients battle addiction, Mike Pond, a successful therapist, succumbs to one himself. He loses his practice, his home, and his family to alcoholism, ending up destitute in a down-and-out recovery home.
Pond’s harrowing two-year journey to sobriety takes stops in abandoned sheds, dumpsters, ditches, emergency wards, intensive care, and finally, prison. Pond’s riveting account crackles with raw energy and black humour as he plunges readers into a world few will ever have the misfortune to experience. Along the way, he finds himself shamed and stigmatized by the very system in which he used to thrive.
Customer Reviews
Excellent!
Wow. What an excellent and honest book. I could not put it down. You have opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about addiction and addicts.
The Couch of Willingness
Truly amazing Mike! Congratulations on your courage to share your story and finding yourself through the turmoil you have lived....warmest thoughts and memories.....Karen Hall McGonigle
Don’t Buy This Book!
My advice—buy Michael’s book entitled, ‘Wasted’ instead.
‘The Couch of Willingness’ is nothing more than a rollicking account of the author’s descent into alcoholism—no help here!
Unfortunately, the first 800 or so pages of the 1000-page ‘Wasted’ are nothing more than a cut and paste of the entire text of ‘The Couch of Willingness.’ The value of ‘Wasted’ lies in the last 200 or so pages.
So skip ‘The Couch of Willingness,’ and be prepared to endure a lot of preamble to get to the direction you’re seeking at the end of ‘Wasted.’
I wish I’d known this before buying BOTH books!!!