Name: Asylum
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Author: William Seabrook

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In 1934, William Seabrook was in the depths of alcoholism.  Yet he checked into an insane asylum, where he wrote From Greenwich Village to Tiperrary: A Journey of Recovery through Addiction and Treatment.  The account is dirty and rough; so are its characters.  Today, you can’t read a page in From Greenwich Village to Tiperrary without coming across priceless observations and insights on recovery. 

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Asylum

288 pages, 2015

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