Chapter 4, Alcoholism for Beginners Summary and Analysis

At a morning Affirmations, Augusten Burroughs listens as each person admits what they are, and that they are a good person. Rae, a counselor, talks about consequences of drinking. Augusten tells her about his apartment, which is full of empty Dewar's bottles. No one ever comes to his apartment. Rae tells them how she was once a doctor's wife but began drinking and ended up working as a prostitute before getting her life cleaned up. Augusten tells his group about how he met Pighead when he first moved to Manhattan. He called a number to talk to single guys in the back of the Village Voice. Augusten asks the men he talks to about their toothpaste brand, which gets him rejected until Pighead answers the question. The two hit it off and meet. They become...