Summary of Ann Dowsett Johnston's Drink

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 I took a geographic cure to fix what I thought was wrong with my life, and the cure failed. I was optimistic about my new position as vice principal of McGill, but I grew to dread that behemoth of a desk.

#2 I was in charge of mobilizing the largest fund-raising effort in McGill’s history. I was used to long hours, and I had no real friends in the city. I would spend many nights behind the Bronfman desk, reviewing documents and emails.

#3 I had just gotten engaged to Jake, a writer living thousands of miles away. We had spent the last decade together, summering in Jake’s octagonal wooden houseboat in the wilds of northern Ontario, wintering in each other’s homes.

#4 I began drinking at work, because I was lonely. I was drinking because I was anxious. I was drinking because I was taking my work too seriously. I was losing my voice.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669382133

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I took a geographic cure to fix what I thought was wrong with my life, and the cure failed. I was optimistic about my new position as vice principal of McGill, but I grew to dread that behemoth of a desk.

#2

I was in charge of mobilizing the largest fund-raising effort in McGill’s history. I was used to long hours, and I had no real friends in the city. I would spend many nights behind the Bronfman desk, reviewing documents and emails.

#3

I had just gotten engaged to Jake, a writer living thousands of miles away. We had spent the last decade together, summering in Jake’s octagonal wooden houseboat in the wilds of northern Ontario, wintering in each other’s homes.

#4

I began drinking at work, because I was lonely. I was drinking because I was anxious. I was drinking because I was taking my work too seriously. I was losing my voice.

#5

I had started to work with a real estate agent to purchase a home, and I had moved into temporary digs on the executive floor of the new student residence. I was lonely, and felt like my life was close to over.

#6

I was very lonely, and I was beginning to drink too much. I decided to keep a tally of how much I drank, and if I was breaking any of my rules, I would get help.

#7

The rules continue to change for alcoholics. You may start waking at four in the morning, like I did, or you may start drinking on weekends, which I did. The only thing you seem able to keep is your drinking diary, which starts to look extremely scary.

#8

The summer of 2007 was also the summer