| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-12-28 |
| Size | | Length: | 309 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
After a 27-year two-packs-a-day smoking habit (from age 13 to 40), journalist Susan Shapiro decides it's time to quit once and for all. She turns to the eccentric but oddly effective therapist who convinced her boyfriend of many years to finally propose. She thinks, if he got her married, he can do anything, right? The brilliant doctor and addiction specialist writes notes to her on the back of his business cards, like "Don't Trust Any Impulse, You're Always Wrong;" "Crying is Good;" and "Sex for Medicinal Purposes." Nicotine, however, turns out to be only the tip of the iceberg. Soon, all of the things Susan loves--gum, alcohol, bread, and even the occasional joint--are off limits. But will leaving her shrink be the hardest addiction she's ever had to break?
Industry Reviews
"A keen, revved-up account of dropping addictions....The manic energy Shapiro brings to her life instills her memoir with a theatrical freshness."
Kirkus (10/15/2004)
"...Shapiro's wit and honesty elevate the work, and her sessions with her cool, intelligent psychologist capture all that's both absurd and mundane about such encounters."
Publishers Weekly (12/13/2004)
"[A] frank and darkly funny account of her successful treatment to end a 27-year, two-pack-a-day habit."
New York Times Book Review - Nancy Rosen (03/13/2005)
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