"You Can't Die": A Day of Clarity
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073K2Z5KF |
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| Number of Pages | : | 367 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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He spent the remaining two years of Pataki’s tenure as Senior Writer to the SUNY Chancellor in Albany. He was Pataki’s Chief Speechwriter nearly ten years. Pataki. . John C. He began writing about his experience in 2014. Wolfe is the former Chief Speechwriter to New York Governor George E. He has worked as an advertising copywriter, a maga
Pataki. Wolfe is the former Chief Speechwriter to New York Governor George E. He spent the remaining two years of Pataki’s tenure as Senior Writer to the SUNY Chancellor in Albany. He was Pataki’s Chief Speechwriter nearly ten years. He has worked as an advertising copywriter, a magazine editor and the Senior Writer for the Monroe County Executive in Rochester. About the Author John C. In 2007, he retreated to the Adirondacks where his writing was limited to a series of published op-eds in several newspapers, includi
He uses alcohol as an elixir to control all facets of his life – his mood, his decisions, even his health. He is thought to be suicidal, banished from the State Capitol and mandated to a psychiatric center for a month of observation. Wolfe, is a detailed account of one man’s attempt to master alcohol. While there, he becomes convinced that the strain of sobriety caused his overdose. His family turns to the last best hope for a recovery at the prestigious Caron Foundation in Pennsylvania. Doctors weren’t sure if he would live. As Chief Speechwriter to the Governor of New York, he writes over a thousand speeches while drunk. He comes to believe that he is suffering from a mental illness that only alcohol can control, and he vows to never stop drinking again. Within two weeks, he is physically unable to go fifteen minutes without a drink without suffering dangerous withdrawal symptoms and risking a seizure. They warned that his alcohol abuse had stunted his emotional growth by more than twenty years. They said that all the years of intoxication may have been masking a mental illness. He drinks to prevent another inexplicable near death experience. It
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