Puppy Chow Is Better than Prozac

"Meet Bruce Goldstein: unemployed and recently dumped, this twenty-something New Yorker trying to make his mark in advertising had fallen into such a deep depression that he needed to call his mother just to get out of bed in the morning. From blowing $18,000 on helicopter rides over Hawaiian volcanoes to talking to the knives in his sink, Bruce was well into a downward spiral of bipolar disorder. Even with therapy, lithium, Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Prozac, he could not shake his rapid mood swings, his fear of dying, or the voice of Satan, who first visited him one sunny day in Central Park." "At the end of his rope, Bruce takes a desperate ride in a hurricane to find the one thing that just might save him: a slobbery, squirmy ball of black fur. Promptly named Ozzy (after heavy metal's "Prince of Darkness"), this exuberantly life-affirming black Labrador puppy launches Bruce on a surprising, uproarious journey of complete canine dependence." "From teaching Bruce not to take himself so seriously to inadvertently showing him the ultimate way to meet ladies (who knew that picking up puppy poop was so charming?), Ozzy helps Bruce heal through the most unexpected source: the love of a good dog."--BOOK JACKET.Goldstein, Bruce is the author of 'Puppy Chow Is Better than Prozac', published 2008 under ISBN 9781568583846 and ISBN 1568583842.