Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs
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Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs

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  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

About this book

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Someone once asked me how I'd want to be remembered.
I said, 'As the boy who grew.'


Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, Jordan Stephens found his teens and twenties to be a whirl of career success and nurturing friendships but also a brutal pattern of self-harm, hedonism, destructive coping mechanisms and heartbreak. When he tried to live up to his own damaged expectations and his world exploded, he allowed himself to explore the pain he'd repressed his entire life.

Unsparingly digging into the fear, tenderness and trauma, Jordan Stephens discovers what it means to be a modern man and how the price we pay for love, in all its forms, is worth it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Wired
  8. 2. My Mum Killed Our Neighbour’s Dog
  9. 3. A Year After I Fucked Up: Part One
  10. 4. Six Months Before I Fucked Up
  11. 5. Five Months Before
  12. 6. Four Months and Three Weeks Before
  13. 7. Two Weeks After It Happened
  14. 8. A Young Father
  15. 9. The Mourning After
  16. 10. Removal
  17. 11. Punching Custard
  18. 12. Who Am I to You?
  19. 13. The Corners of the Painting
  20. 14. A Week After
  21. 15. When It Happened
  22. 16. Three Weeks After
  23. 17. Can’t Escape Yourself
  24. 18. Shock Resistance
  25. 19. The Body Never Lies
  26. 20. Fear
  27. 21. Touched by the Other Side
  28. 22. ‘Too Depressed for Eastern Medicine’
  29. 23. When One Door Closes
  30. 24. Cutting Ties
  31. 25. The Power
  32. 26. The Emergency Spiritual Intervention
  33. 27. The Mandy Interlude
  34. 28. Well Done for Being a Prick
  35. 29. Suzy
  36. 30. Amalie
  37. 31. Feels Different When You Say It Out Loud
  38. 32. The Bridge to Love
  39. 32A. Smoky Father
  40. 33. That Boy Shit
  41. 34. A Year After What Happened: Part Two
  42. 35. The Right Kind of Anger
  43. 36. Manuka
  44. Moulting – Exclusive Extra Chapter for the Paperback Edition
  45. Acknowledgements