Alex Wood

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea How I Beat the Shit Out of All My Addictions Arsenal Pulp Press	As an alcoholic, drug-addicted comedian with tendencies to over-indulge and under-achieve since he was a teenager, Alex Wood was on track for to achieve his greatest goals: to die young and …	Alex Wood	292	2021	View
From NEW! Prologue The Fight of My Life From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Alex Wood introduces readers to his journey, his family, and notes that he’s been battling addiction since childhood. In three years, he quit 14 different addictions, each covered …	Alex Wood	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 I Shook Up the World From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	In the first chapter of the Cocaine segment of the memoir, Wood talks about his experience relapsing onto cocaine at a Montreal strip club. Wood talks about his past dreams, his first gig at Yuk …	Alex Wood	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2 Miley From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	After feeling like a "grown up" after the Just for Laughs gig, Wood describes how he was "a boy again within weeks." Addiction and debt begins to interfere with his gigs and …	Alex Wood	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3 Withdrawal From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Beginning the Alcohol segment in the throes of withdrawal, Wood takes readers through his transition to heavy drinking and the health issues he’s been encountering. He describes his …	Alex Wood	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 4 Playing the Tape Out From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	After losing his wallet during a trip, Wood almost falls back into the alcohol spiral. "A test of resolve." However, following an endoscopy, Wood learns he can add stomach ulcers to a …	Alex Wood	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter 5 Two Fighters From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Wood begins the chapter discussing his friendship with Moaiad, a past roommate. His mother suggests tea when Wood is told the quit coffee, beginning his connection with peppermint tea. Wood …	Alex Wood	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter 6 Wish You Were Here From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Wood’s career trajectory begins to take stronger shape. However, two weeks after a farewell bash thrown in Uncle Noel’s honour, Wood relapses. Though staying strong for his family …	Alex Wood	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 7 April Fool From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Starting the segment "Alex Wood Quits Everything," Wood explains how he prepared for his podcast where he would quit the rest of his vices in one year. He describes his struggle through …	Alex Wood	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Chapter 8 Weed From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Wood discusses his journey with weed, and the dangerous situations he got into to acquire it. He talks about his interview with his recovery friend Marito. "The mental hold of weed" …	Alex Wood	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 9 Caffeine From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Next is Wood’s journey with coffee, or more importantly, caffeine. Being "coffee-sick" was an ongoing cycle, and with news of his ulcers, Wood tries to sever ties with caffeine. …	Alex Wood	27	2021	$2.70 Add
From NEW! Chapter 10 Nail Biting From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Though not as dangerous as other addictions, Wood notes that nail biting was his longest-standing vice. An impulse to hurt himself came with it. Being in the hospital to support Nora during …	Alex Wood	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Chapter 11 Cigarettes From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Wood notes that some of his "lowest moments of addiction" were related to cigarettes, certain he wouldn’t be able to escape them. He describes the withdrawal as more constant than …	Alex Wood	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Chapter 12 Red Meat From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks …	Alex Wood	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Chapter 13 Dairy From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Wood cleverly begins the chapter by using an "unhealthy alcohol use" questionnaire and makes dairy the subject instead. The results are telling. Wood notes that overeating was similar …	Alex Wood	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 14 Porn From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea View Arsenal Pulp Press	Wood describes his inroduction to porn and his strange relationship with it. Quitting porn wasn’t the biggest struggle of the month, however. Wood’s health was still suffering, and …	Alex Wood	9	2021	$0.90 Add