Ninety Days

A Memoir of Recovery

De: Zachary Lazar

Narrado por: Zachary Lazar

The goal is ninety. Just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything. With six weeks of his most recent rehab behind him he returns to New York and attends two or three meetings each day. It is in these refuges that he befriends essential allies including Polly, who struggles daily with her own cycle of recovery and relapse, and the seemingly unshakably sober Asa.

At first, the support is not enough: Clegg relapses with only three days left. Written with uncompromised immediacy, Ninety Days begins where Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man ends-and tells the wrenching story of Clegg's battle to reclaim his life. As any recovering addict knows, hitting rock bottom is just the beginning.

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PRAISE FOR PORTRAIT OF AN ADDICT AS A YOUNG MAN:

"Mesmerizing...Reading it is like letting the needle down on a Nick Drake album. Clegg tells his story in short, atmospheric paragraphs, each separated by white space, each its own strobe-lighted snapshot of decadent poetic memory.... Clegg can write." -Dwight Garner, The New York Times

"Clegg spares no one's feelings, least of all his own; it's not the brutality that makes this book worthwhile but rather the strange beauty of the stream-of consciousness prose." -Mickey Rapkin, GQ

"Beautifully rendered in spare and elegant prose, a rumination on the human condition that recalls William Styron's memoir of depression, Darkness Visible" -Kirk Davis Swinehart, Chicago Tribune

Overall a Good Addiction Memoir

What was one of the most memorable moments of Ninety Days?

What's unique among addiction memoirs is that he describes various relapses. One of the most memorable moments is when he was literally about to knock on the door of someone from whom he would get drugs and relapse, when a person from his AA group walked by and convinced him to go to a meeting instead. He was able to avoid the relapse solely through the help of this person. It's a strong example of how addicts need to rely on others to help them.

What about Bill Clegg’s performance did you like?

I always enjoy when the author reads the audiobook. It wasn't particularly memorable, but not bad.

Any additional comments?

Apparently this is a follow-up to a first book he wrote about addiction. I haven't read that one, so maybe it's better to do so.

it's never easy to tell the truth

it's not easy to tell the truth, but the truth really does set you free. And those in the hearing of your words are set free through your experience.

A very relatable story

What did you love best about Ninety Days?

This is a very relatable story without exaggerations or glamourizations. It shows the mental suffering an addict/alcoholic lives with daily, how consuming addiction is, without being overly dramatic.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Bill Clegg?

Yes, I would listen to another book by Bill Clegg

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, not all in one sitting

Accurate but awful listen

What did you like best about Ninety Days? What did you like least?

This story is very true to life. Having had my own 90 days, I knew ecactly what he was talking about every minuteBUTIt was awful to listen to the monotone reading...c'mon...have a little emotion in the reading...please..??!!

Would you be willing to try another one of Bill Clegg’s performances?

No way will I endure another performance by this reader. I dont know if I am interested in any other stories because I didnt even finish this one.