For most readers, 'Dry' is an entertaining romp through Burroughs' life style, his rehab, AA and beyond. These are tension relievers and not life threatening. For most it's an ingrained habit, such as coffee, talking too much or the Internet. Virtually everyone has an addiction or two. Even the Serenity Prayer as remained a mainstay: 'God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.' Yes, 'Dry' is funny but it deals with a potentially tragic subject. Listening to his book, 'Dry: A Memoir', I was amazed how little AA has changed over the years. Augusten Burroughs attended his first AA meetings in the mid 1990s, over forty years later. My mother was a recovering alcoholic and took me to her AA meetings when I was ten years old, back in 1952. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is true. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life - and live it sober. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click and that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. But when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twentysomething guy, nice suit, works in advertising. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs.

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