Wishful Drinking

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to my inextinguishable and amazing mother and neighbor, Debbie.

To my brother, Todd—hogger of all the sanity available in our freak family.

To Greg Stevens, my best and only Republican friend—no one will ever be as much fun to shop with. I miss you every day.

To the epic engineer of all my elsewheres, magician assistant, memory and running mate, Garret Edington.

To Melissa North, South, East, and West—I’d follow you in any direction you decided to travel in.

To my father, Puff Daddy, who gave in part by taking away—thanks for the highest grade of absence available on Earth.

To Josh Ravetch—who helped me get this whole Wishful Drinking thing started—I owe you big time.

To Clancy Imislund—whose voice is louder than my head—thank you for keeping sobriety fun.

To Helen Fielding—thank you for keeping sanity fun.

To Judy and RJ Cooper, Dave Mirkin, Bruce Wagner, Bruce Cohen, Craig Bierko, Abe Gurko, The Tolkins, Rachel and the Edgars (big and small), Gloria and Mary, Cyndi Sayre, Michael Gonzalez, and my literary mod squad—Suzanne Gluck, Kerri Kolen, and David Rosenthal.