Author Description

Everyone knows what it's like to be lonely. But is our loneliness hard-wired? Can we change it? How do we fight it?Becky Oberg was an up-and-coming writer who'd signed with Penguin Books in 2003. Five years later, she was court-ordered to rehab in a state-run facility ripe with neglect and corruption. Stripped of everything but her ability to read and write, she fought the loneliness of confinement and addiction and won. And in this book, she'll tell you how she did it.The good news is you can change your programming. You can defeat loneliness. Whether it's via a rat named Lupin or discovering Stoic philosophy, you can connect with your Higher Power and fellow human beings.You don't have to be a lonely ant who dies young, tired, and hungry.