title: 13,500 Days With out a Drink: A Gift from God Reflections on Long-Term Sobriety (Volume 1)
author:  An  Anonymous Inebriate 
description: The anonymous author fought in Vietnam for over nine months and was wounded three times. He suffered 15 years of out-of-control drinking, including three suicide attempts, and an arrest for carrying a weapon in Washington D.C. He was admitted to a psychiatric center for the criminally insane. His treatment for mental illness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and anxiety, along with attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings helped him to become clean and sober for the past 37 years.
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  WRITINGS ON THE SOBER LIFE
  
   _The Art and Grace of Living Long_
  
  THE LORENZO DA PONTE ITALIAN LIBRARY
  
   _General Editors_  
  Luigi Ballerini and Massimo Ciavolella, University of California Los Angeles
  
   _Honorary Chairs_  
  Honorable Dino De Poli  
  Mr Joseph Del Raso Esq.  
  Ambassador Gianfranco Facco Bonetti  
  Honorable Anthony J. Scirica
  
   _Advisory Board_  
  Remo Bodei, Università di Pisa  
  Lina Bolzoni, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa  
  Francesco Bruni, Università di Venezia  
  Cesare De Michelis, Università di Padova  
  Giorgio Ficara, Università di Torino  
  Rachel Jacoff, Wellesley College  
  Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale University  
  Gilberto Pizzamiglio, Università di Venezia  
  Margaret Rosenthal, University of Southern California  
  John Scott, University of Western Australia  
  Elissa Weaver, University of Chicago
  
   **WRITINGS ON THE SOBER LIFE**
  
   _The Art and Grace of Living Long_
  
   **Alvise Cornaro**
  
  Edited and translated, with additional notes  
  by Hirok