The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery

by Thad Ziolkowski

Book Overview

In this revelatory and original book, award-winning author of the acclaimed surf memoir On a Wave illuminates the connection between waves, addiction, and recovery, exploring what surfing can teach us about the powerful undertow of addictive behaviors and the ways to swim free of them.

Addiction is arguably the dominant feature of contemporary life: sex, gambling, exercise, eating, shopping, Internet use--there's virtually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006296593X
• ISBN13: 9780062965936
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"