Get Up A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos (Addiction Recovery and Al-Anon Self-Help Book)

Name: Get Up A 12-Step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos (Addiction Recovery and Al-Anon Self-Help Book)
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ISBN: 9781573243667

ISBN-10: 1573243663

ISBN-13: 9781573243667

Edition: 2008

Authors: Bucky Sinister

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As an atheist with a background in fundamentalism, Bucky Sinister was skeptical of 12-step groups when the time came for him to get sober. He was afraid of losing his artistic abilities and had big problems with the higher power concept. In spite of his hesitations, he stuck with the programme and it rewarded him greatly. In Get Up, he shares the knowledge he gained on his journey, from being afraid of AA philosophies to embracing them, motivating others to join him in their own efforts to get clean. Sinister, a spoken word artist, poet, and performer, well-known on the West Coast for his grabbing, truthful, funny performances, puts out his own story, no frills, no excuses, and no holds…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Mango Media
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 169
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.55" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



12 Step for the Rest of Us


Three Types of People


Nature Versus Nurture


Where Everybody Doesn't Know Your Name


So Life Kicked You in the Nads


Clean and Sober Versus Straight Edge


Get the Fuck Up


Finding a Sponsor


Creating a Community


The Big Book Is Just a Rule Book


What Do You Want, a Cookie?



The God Problem


My Background in Religion


Why 12 Step, If I Don't Believe in All the Higher Power Crap?


12 Step and Atheists


The Ideal Image


The Baby Odin Never Cries


Thoughts on the Serenity Prayer



Entering: Get in Where You Fit in



Admitting What All Your Friends Already Know



Give Sanity a Chance



Surrender-It's Not Just a Cool Cheap Trick Song



Internal Transformation: You're a Sick Puppy



Get Over Your Old Bullshit



You're Not a Snitch If It's About Yourself



Nobody's Perfect, Especially Not You



Taking Out the Emotional Trash



External Transformation: The World Is Big and Scary



Start Writing, This Is Going to Take a While



Lather, Rinse, Repeat



Pray Faster



Get This-You Matter!



Get Off Your Drunk Ass


Goals and the Addict


Finding Your Inner A-Team


Achieving Your Goals the Lee Marvin Way


Being Happy


Taking Good Care of Your Hustle Monkey



The Artist and Recovery


The Artist, the Hot Stove Toucher


My Life in the Art Scene


Lies Artists Tell Ourselves


Self-Image and the Artist


Humility and the Artist


The Tough Guy



What I Learned from Joseph Campbell


The Hero's Journey


Epilogue: Live Like No One Dares