From Addiction's Insanity to Mental Wellness is "a long and winding road."

 

By my definition and lived experience, addiction is a form of chemically induced mental illness. 

Adding alcohol and drugs to pre-existing conditions at the very least hobbles progress. 

Substitute the word Addiction for Mental Illness in the pictured quote gives you "The term Addiction shames people, perpetuates stigma and prevents people from getting help."

Innumerable examples of mental illness and addiction, separately and/or together, could (and do) fill volumes.

Find yourself and others you may know within the pages of my first book, ALL DRINKING ASIDE.

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Immerse yourself in my Descent into Addiction and eventual Recovery in my Autobiographical Fiction, ALL DRINKING ASIDE: The Destruction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction of an Alcoholic Animal 

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19 Apples Mark the Anniversary of My Last Drink!

 

Today, June 16, 2023, marks the 19th Anniversary of my Continuous Abstinence from Alcohol. [Apples]

15 years ago, I smoked my last cigarette. 

[Oranges]

12 years ago, Marijuana left my living vocabulary. 

[Bananas]

I first hit bottom in 1996 at the tender age of 46 

[see 46, pictured]

Put all of that aside.

Do not put ALL DRINKING ASIDE aside:

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An Author's Intent Means Nothing...

 

 

... Well, maybe not NOTHING!

I wrote ALL DRINKING ASIDE with the intent that it be manageable to Readers in Early Recovery.

That is why my Autobiographical Fiction contains 90 Chapters, 

In Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-Step Meetings, one often hears the suggestion to attend 90 meetings in 90 days. I can well remember my inability to focus for more than a few minutes or even a few seconds when I first got clean and sober.

90 Chapters might make ALL DRINKING ASIDE a not-impossible challenge for prospective Readers Early in their Recovery.

Read at Your Own Speed!

90 Chapters in 90 Days is a mere suggestion.

You can do this!

Read the Reviews written by others provided here:

ALL DRINKING ASIDE: The Destruction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction of an Alcoholic Animal 

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ENJOY the Ride of ALL DRINKING ASIDE!

AVOID CONFUSION

 

Order BOTH 

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Immerse yourself in my Descent into Addiction and eventual Recovery in my Autobiographical Fiction, ALL DRINKING ASIDE: The Destruction, Deconstruction & Reconstruction of an Alcoholic Animal 

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