When the drug is witheld, you promptly turn sick, crazy, and depleted (not to mention resentful of the dealer who encouraged this addiction in the first place but now refuses to pony up the good stuff anymore- despite the fact that you know he has it hidden somewhere, goddamn it, because he used to give it to you for free). Soon you start craving that intense attention, with a hungry obsession of any junkie. It all begins when the object of your adoration bestows upon you a heady, hallucinogenic dose of something you never dared to admit you wanted-an emotional speedball, perhaps, of thunderous love and roiling excitement. Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. Some writers face down devastating illness and crippling fears, and others step out of their old lives to fulfill long-held dreams of singing, acting, writing, teaching, and learning.Įntertaining and enlightening, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It is a celebration for fans old and new.“I was suffering the easily foreseeable consequences. One writer’s search for the perfect pizza leads her to New Zealand and off-the-grid homesteading, while another, in overcoming an eating disorder, redefines her relationship not only with food but with herself.
A woman goes to divinity school and grapples with doubt and belief. A man leaves seminary, embraces his sexual identity, and forges a new relationship with God. One writer, reeling from a difficult divorce, finds new love overseas another, a lifelong caregiver, is inspired to take an annual road trip, solo. The journeys they recount are transformative-sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always deeply inspiring.Įat Pray Love helped one writer to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and yet another to find peace with not wanting to become a mother at all. Here, in this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers-people as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background-share their stories. In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves. True stories inspired by one of the most iconic, beloved, bestselling books of our time. Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It Life Journeys Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s Bestselling Memoir
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