“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
“Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church basement full of Republicans and Christians who drink to much.” PeopleThinkingMeanIdeasSeemsChristianChurchStepsDrinkRepublicanSittingRecoveryMainstreamBasementsVery Mean12 Step Recovery12 Step Author:Bucky Sinister
“I used to think, "I can't go to these meetings because they'll make me believe in God. Make me go to church." I knew it wasn't right for me before I ever tried it. I was suspicious of anything outside my realm of experience. That same kind of attitude carries over into 12-step programs, because they are programs. There's this feeling that you don't need this bullshit, you can quit on your own. People that don't know anything about it seem to have a better idea. They haven't even been.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsBelieveKindI CanIdeasFeelingsSeemsUsedChurchAttitudeStepsHavensProgramMeetingsQuittingRealmsCarrieBelieve In GodBullshitSuspicious12 Step Author:Bucky Sinister