Inside Songs Of Sobriety . . .

This inspirational book is full of insight and wisdom. Here are some samples of what you will find inside:

From Chapter 1: Prelude To Sobriety - Reaching Out, Crying To Be Heard:

I’m sore--
I wanna shine;
but my time
doesn’t seem to align
with Nature’s rhyme . . . anymore.
  Anyway,
  which way shall I go?

From Chapter 2: The First 6 Months - Newcomer-Wow! What A Revelation:

Artificial frameworks
  Of anti-wisdom stimulants
    Are gone from me now.

Don’t want no more
  Artificial brain drain
    Freak doubt!

From Chapter 3: 6 Months to 1 Year - The Struggle To Live Life Sober:

Once in a blue moon
You can tell
Choose . . . to return
From a living hell
Now . . . is the moment
To be strong
Carry on

In collective individualism

A wave washes over me
Where the hell have I been
I feel . . .
And now I see
It’s time
To cash my resentment chips in

From Chapter 4: Year 2 - Feelings - What Are They?:

  Is it enough
That it seems so confusing
  Is it enough
That it hurts when you’re losing
  Is it enough
That you feel so alone
  Is it enough

From Chapter 5: Year 3 (Look At Me, Finding Out Who I Am):

And I’m listening finally,
isn’t it strange?
  Intuition
brings trust for the change.

While the faith that I’ve gathered,
in just a short time,
gives me strength as I watch
my whole life start to rhyme.

From Chapter 6: Year 4 (Sorting Out Life, Getting My Priorities In Order):

Don’t you know . . . anyway
Everyone in the world
Has got their own life to live

So save yourself first
Just don’t stomp on others
To do it

It’s hard to live
It’s a mighty hard life
It’s hard to give
When there’s so much strife

But when it’s over
You are left with you
So do what you can live with
And leave the
Rest in peace

From Chapter 7: 5 To 7 Years (With A Good Foundation, The Promises Fulfilled):

modern miracles
walk through meeting halls
grateful to be alive

society's children
shaken and stirred
  once bereaved
  now repreaved
  live and breathe

--modern miracles

From Chapter 8: 8 To 10 Years And Beyond (Continuing On The Road To A Happy Destiny):

  Before
It was a struggle
  After
It is the cure
  Before
We worked so hard for everything
  After
It is so clear

I’m here
You’re here
Heading straight
Into the light
Because faith and love
  Have graced us
    Made us whole again