{"product_id":"float-like-a-butterfly-drink-alex-wood-9781551528335","title":"Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea: How I Beat the Shit Out of All My Addictions","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs an alcoholic, drug-addicted comedian with tendencies to over-indulge and under-achieve since he was a teenager, Alex Wood was on track for to achieve his greatest goals: to die young and drunk. At the age of twenty-eight, feeling desperate in the face of addiction and associated health problems (ulcers, pancreatitis)--which were compounded by the deaths of loved ones and even worse undiagnosed issues--he decided to do something he'd actually been doing all his life: fight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlex concocted a plan to quit not only alcohol and drugs, but everything else that he felt was holding him back: cigarettes, caffeine, red meat, dairy, sugar, social media, smartphones, porn, credit cards, nail-biting, social media, and gossip. His biggest weapons? A pair of boxing gloves and plenty of peppermint tea. But as Alex soon learned, people don't change overnight, and sobriety isn't a linear journey; there's heartbreak, relapses, and abuse along the way, but there's also love, support, and lots of laughter. In this memoir, Alex wants to prove that people really can change, or go on a withdrawal- inspired murder spree, whichever comes first.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith plenty of self-effacing wit and grace, \u003ci\u003eFloat like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea\u003c\/i\u003e tears down the walls of shame surrounding addiction, providing an honest and open portrait of the stakes involved when one is willing to quit everything in order to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFloat like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea\u003c\/i\u003e is the latest title to be published under the Robin's Egg Books imprint. Robin's Egg Books features some of the freshest, smartest, and above all, funniest writing on a variety of culturally relevant subjects. Titles in the imprint are curated and edited by comedian, playwright and author Charles Demers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551528339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551528335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Alex Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987551617279,"sku":"9781551528335","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a75f53be-08e5-4cf5-8a3c-06e3354eb13b.jpg?v=1683289665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/float-like-a-butterfly-drink-alex-wood-9781551528335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}