Civilianized

After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home—or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two weeks later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell''s Angel. At his wit''s end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn''t improve in three months, he was going to kill himself. Civilianized is a memoir chronicling Michael''s search for meaning in a suddenly destabilized world.