Aftermath

About the Book

After 30 years of hard drinking something has to give. In my case it was the brain. I have four major psychiatric diagnoses. General – undifferentiated Anxiety Disorder, Explosive Personality Disorder, Major Depression, and the newest and most troubling Bi-Polar Biology. In the spring of 2009 something started to happen, racing thoughts where there had not been racing thoughts for year, an unusual form of depression, rapid emotional swings, irrational thoughts all culminating in a series of horrible events that were followed by severe depression and loss of self esteem. This book contains poems written during this latter period with its few ups and many downs.

About the Author

Al Ferber, a street kid from the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia and an unlikely prospect to become a poet has been writing poetry for over 45 years. He attended Bucks CCC, Penn State University, Temple University, Villanova University. His poetry has appeared in over three dozen poetry journals and small magazines. He has also written several novels, two of them published, plays and articles. He has published 17 books of poetry. He has worked as a teacher, Executive Director for an Employment and Training Program, Director for an Outreach Center for Vietnam Veterans, Bartender and manager of Tangier Café in Center City, Philadelphia. He has spent the last 15 plus years in recovery from alcoholism and the last 14 plus years as a D & A Addictions Therapist. He lives in Bensalem, PA and Ocean City NJ with Cathi, his delightfully insane wife of more than 25 years.