Senior Sober Curator Contributor Tony Harte reviews Jason Mayo’s In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood, a brutally honest, darkly funny and deeply relatable memoir about childhood trauma, addiction, relationships and the slow loss of control. More than a retelling of one man’s downward spiral, the book invites readers inside the thoughts and emotions behind it.
When I first decided to get sober, I half-expected it to feel like a highlight-reel moment—crowd roaring, lights flashing, me…
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He was 30-something. A young dad with a little boy who worshipped him, watched his every move like he hung…
Before I got sober, life was chaotic. Depression and anxiety were a regular occurrence, and panic attacks weren’t anything out…
I’ve done hard things in my life. Getting sober was one of them. I had to hit AA meetings every day. It…
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