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Possible Side Effects

Possible Side Effects
Augusten Burroughs

Possible Side Effects is a 2006 memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs. The book contains stories from the life of Augusten Burroughs, ranging from his childhood to the near-present.

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“The most I would do was use the shadow tool in Photoshop to bring out the muscular rips in my stomach, which were honestly there. Beneath the fat.”

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“Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand in place and watch your door. You will just stare. As though rebuffed by it. As though it has done this to you.”

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“Everybody in recovery smokes. If you don't like smoking, don't even bother trying to get sober. Just stay drunk.”

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“Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn't even run to catch the school bus because I knew I'd trip and then get teased for a year.”

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“Just as I had long suspected, a person didn't really need math for anything anyway. Maybe some people did. Some limited people.”

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“Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her.”

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