PHOENIX,
ARIZONA—Just a
few times in the history of publishing, an author shares an
autobiography that is so unexpected and yet so perceptual that
readers don’t know which is more amazing: the concept itself
or the fact that the author experienced it. A Gentleman
Drunk by Jeffrey makes you believe that anyone, from a
Wall Street Executive to a homeless street bum, can beat
alcoholism.
Jeffrey’s memoir
embraces a self-battle that brewed for forty years. He
grew up in a New Jersey Jewish suburb in the 1950’s with low
self-esteem his father had exacerbated. Mixed with equal
doses of stern advice and disappointment, Jeffrey’s
relationship with his father remained very distant and often
left him searching for something to fill the void. He began
playing piano, in an effort to be closer to his Grandma, which
became the only source of pride that his father would ever
acknowledge.
Jeffrey found
comfort in cakes, pie, and candy, gorging on sweets in pursuit
of happiness until a fight with a bully introduced a new
addiction that would dominate half of his life. His father
refused to teach him self defense, which inspired his
rebellious side to break into the liquor cabinet. Although
the first drink brought insufferable illness, alcohol soon
erased all of his problems and became a necessity for everyday
social survival.
Jeffrey guides us
through his alcohol-consumed life while we watch helplessly as
his addiction destroys his marriage, business, and financial
security, leaving him broken hearted and clinging onto what
little he had left. It isn’t until he is found by police,
lying in a New York City gutter at 2:00 a.m., that Jeffrey
realizes that he may have a problem. Could he be an
alcoholic?
A Gentleman
Drunk journals the extended ballad of one man’s true
battle with alcohol and how he conquered it. This
distinguished achievement of real-life drama is combined with
wit and brutal honesty as the sobering events of Jeffrey’s
life leave him at rock bottom before he discovers the source
of his decline.
For more
information on A Gentleman Drunk, please call:
Jeffrey at
602-708-4981.
A Gentleman Drunk
Chapter Headings
Chapter 1 – Growing
Up in New Jersey
Chapter 2 – Wild
Campus Days
Chapter 3 – Party
Time in New York and San Francisco
Chapter 4 – Jordana,
Moira and Divorce
Chapter 5 – Toby
Chapter 6 –
International Road Warrior
Chapter 7 – Almost
Dead in New York City
Chapter 8 – Welcome
to AA
Chapter 9 – Dealing
with Anger
Chapter 10 – Have
You Met Don, My Sponsor?
Chapter 11 –
Whatever It Takes
Chapter 12 – I
Could Not Do It Alone
Chapter 13 – Thank
You, God
Pitching
My Book To Hollywood
