Augusten Burroughs

Jan 9, 2025 | audible.com | Kat Johnson |Augusten Burroughs |Laura McKowen |Sarah Hepola

When I quit drinking almost six years ago, the alcohol-free landscape was pretty ... dry. Life without booze felt like an ascetic feat of abstinence and 12-step programs, not a cool lifestyle option. Instead of shops and bars overflowing with artisanal elixirs, eight kinds of hop water, and mock mezcal, there were a few dusty bottles of syrupy fake wine on the lowest shelf in the liquor store and, if you were lucky, a lone nonalcoholic beer on tap. Book publishing followed a similar trajectory.

Oct 4, 2024 | audible.com | Augusten Burroughs |Laura McKowen |Sarah Hepola |Sarah Levy

When I quit drinking almost six years ago, the alcohol-free landscape was pretty ... dry. Life without booze felt like an ascetic feat of abstinence and 12-step programs, not a cool lifestyle option. Instead of shops and bars overflowing with artisanal elixirs, eight kinds of hop water, and mock mezcal, there were a few dusty bottles of syrupy fake wine on the lowest shelf in the liquor store and, if you were lucky, a lone nonalcoholic beer on tap. Book publishing followed a similar trajectory.