Although he has now succeeded in not drinking alcohol or using drugs for 50 years, in this revised and updated edition the author still calls himself an alcoholic, and pays extended tribute to the role of Alcoholics Anonymous in keeping him on the wagon. Ross Fitzgerald is a successful academic, writer, reviewer and commentator in the media and acknowledges that it remains a daily battle to remain sober.
Ross Fitzgerald AM is Emeritus Professor of History and Politics at Griffith University. He is the author or co-author of forty-five books, including a memoir Fifty Years Sober: An Alcoholic's Journey. He lives in Redfern, Sydney.