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The Other Great Depression by Richard Lewis

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The Other Great Depression

Author
Richard Lewis
Narrator
Richard Lewis
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc.
Publish Date
1 August 2008
Run Time
9 hours 20 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Biography: arts and entertainment, Humour
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Famously neurotic comedian Richard Lewis finds himself on a gurney in the ER at the age of 44, hallucinating from excess cocaine use and his body poisoned by acute alcoholism. The same dysfunctions that had been the basis for his successful stage persona and inspired his best material had, it seemed, turned on him. In this very funny, deeply honest, and inspiring book, Lewis explores how he got there, how he finally got on the road to recovery, and how he copes with being Richard Lewis sober on a daily basis.

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Author
Richard Lewis
Narrator
Richard Lewis
Duration
9 hours 20 minutes
Release Date
1 August 2008
ISBN
9781614673200
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc.
Genre
Biography: arts and entertainment, Humour

Synopsis

Famously neurotic comedian Richard Lewis finds himself on a gurney in the ER at the age of 44, hallucinating from excess cocaine use and his body poisoned by acute alcoholism. The same dysfunctions that had been the basis for his successful stage persona and inspired his best material had, it seemed, turned on him. In this very funny, deeply honest, and inspiring book, Lewis explores how he got there, how he finally got on the road to recovery, and how he copes with being Richard Lewis sober on a daily basis.

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