Tuesday, October 5, 2021

My Alcoholic Escape from Reality

 

My Alcoholic Escape from Reality / Nagata Kabi, 133 pgs.

Kabi is a bestselling author and illustrator of two other manga memoirs.  Here she tells of her scary brush with pancreatitis and the hospital stay it precipitated.  How drinking became something she did to cope with her day, her work, her loneliness and how difficult it was to stay on the wagon.  In fact, despite a long hospital stay that involved a LOT of pain, she went back to drinking against the advice of her doctor, albeit at much smaller quantities.  A fair amount of this book is disturbing but probably relatable for a lot of people.

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