“Get Up is basically the book I wanted to have my first year of sobriety. I wish someone had given me this book a year before I even went to a meeting because I was already miserable. I didn't enjoy drinking anymore, I just couldn't stand the idea of not doing it. I was afraid if I got sober I wouldn't be able to write anymore. That was a really big fear of mine, which turned out not to be true.” IfsWritingYearsFirstsBookIdeasBigsAbleWantedGivenWishEnjoyMinesMeetingsDrinkingBeing TrueGet UpMiserableSoberSobriety Author:Bucky Sinister
“I think a lot of us who had these oddly shaped childhoods, in some ways we're hyper-capable. We're able to take care of ourselves in a lot of ways but it's like we're missing a piece. When everyone went to school to learn how to be a regular person we were sick that day. We compensate other ways. Alcohol and drugs is one of those ways. Instead of learning how to cope with our problems and deal with hardship and deal with anger, we just decide to get drunk and not care.” ThinkingWayPersonsProblemCareAbleSchoolDealsPiecesChildhoodMissingDrugCapableSickTake CareAlcoholDrunkHardshipHyper Author:Bucky Sinister
“Being able to play tragedy for humor rather than pity is a new trick I've learned. For a long time that's what I did with my poetry, ask people to feel sorry for me. I got sober and I realized I have to get out of the pity thing; it's not going anywhere for me. I don't want to have any self-pity.” PeopleWantFeelsLongSelfPlayAbleAsksLong TimeTragedySorryI RealizedTricksPityI've LearnedSoberSelf Pity Author:Bucky Sinister