Alex Wood
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 1I Shook Up the World |
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 10Nail Biting |
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 11Cigarettes |
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 12Red Meat |
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 13Dairy |
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 14Porn |
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 |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 15Credit Cards |
Wood explains how credit cards were more a vessel to acquiring other vices than being a vice. Setting boundaries on how credit cards would be used was the fight at hand. | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 16Gossip |
Communcation and sharing stories is natural for humans, Wood notes, before explaining how gossip can have similarities to the highs and lows of other addictions. Though tempted early on, Wood … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 17Sugar |
Wood notes how difficult it is to quit sugar, especially with its ubiquity in everyday life and the general lack of support when accomplishing one’s goal. Changing one’s habits was … | Alex Wood | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 18Social Media |
Wood compares two equations: the number of hours on the Apollo mission over eleven years and the number of combined hours humanity spent on social media in 2019. Quitting social media isn’t … | Alex Wood | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 19Smartphone |
Wood details many of the problems linked to cellphones, though specifically smartphones. Health afflictions, mental health, relationships, car crashes, as well as other unsettling statisitics. As … | Alex Wood | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 2Miley |
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 3Withdrawal |
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 4Playing the Tape Out |
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 5Two Fighters |
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 6Wish You Were Here |
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 |