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Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful Goodbye, Mr. Wonderful Alcoholism, Addiction, and Early Recovery Chris McCully Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use ofthis publication) without the written permission ofthe copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions ofthe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms ofa licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part ofthis publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing ofan unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. The right ofChris McCully to be identified as author ofthis work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2004 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Chris McCully 2004 Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data McCully, C. B. Goodbye,Mr.Wonderful:alcoholism,addictionandearlyrecovery/ChrisMcCully.--1stAmericaned. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-84310-265-X (pbk.) 1. McCully, C. B.--Diaries. 2. Alcoholics--Biography. 3. Alcoholics--Rehabilitation. I. Title. HV5068.M36 2004 362.292'092--dc22 2004011287 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978 1 84310 265 6 ISBN 1 84310 265 X ISBN pdfeBook: 1 84642 040 7 Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear To my friends in and out of recovery. Their name is Legion. Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9 ABOUT THIS BOOK 11 Journal entries 1–2 December 1999 15 2002 Retrospective The Hospital 21 Journal entries 3–10 February to March 2000 29 2002 Retrospective The Simplification 46 Journal entries 11–20 March to April 2000 51 2002 Retrospective The Loneliness of Gratitude 74 Journal entries 21–32 April to July 2000 78 2003 Retrospective ‘The Slush-Fund’ 105 Journal entry 33 17 July 2000 (with 2003 Retrospective) 108 Journal entries 34–59 July 2000 to April 2001 111 2002 Retrospective The Changes 172 Journal entries 60–61 April 2001 179 2003 Retrospective Some Diagnostics of Alcoholism 184 Journal entries 62–64 April to May 2001 187 2002 Retrospective A Symptom of Something Deeper 193 Journal entries 65–72 June to October 2001 202 APPENDIX 1: NEWS OF A RELAPSE 223 APPENDIX 2: ‘ALCOHOLISM, GENETICS, AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM’ CHRIS MCCULLY WITH MONIKA SCHMID 225 SOME READING 231 INDEX 233
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