Alex Wood

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Chapter 1

I Shook Up the World

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 10

Nail Biting

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 11

Cigarettes

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 12

Red Meat

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 13

Dairy

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapter 14

Porn

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 15

Credit Cards

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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. 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 16

Gossip

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 17

Sugar

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 6 $0.60 Add
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Chapter 18

Social Media

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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Chapter 19

Smartphone

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 2

Miley

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 3

Withdrawal

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 20 $2.00 Add
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Chapter 4

Playing the Tape Out

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 5

Two Fighters

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 6

Wish You Were Here

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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 … 5 $0.50 Add