I Am Addict

About the Book

In here is an offering. An offering designed to enlighten and inspire anyone who is on the less traveled road laid out by the 12 steps of recovery. I say less traveled because the numbers of true recoverees is relatively small in comparison to the numbers of people caught in addictions. This collection has been many, many years in the making. I hope that it may bring some light and maybe a little humor to a relatively dark subject. I have tried not to offend sensitive eyes and pallets but there is some language used in the cramped world of users that works when other language doesn't, and some of it is in this collection. I have refrained from vulgarity however and if you can tolerate some compromise I am sure you will be pleasantly rewarded. If you are new to recovery you may be surprised at some of the things here that you thought no one else had ever thought. It is important to remember that the common thread in addiction is the lie that you are the only one who has ever done the things you are doing. There is only so much dysfunction in the world, and when you have been on the road of recovery for a while it becomes amazingly redundant. Everybody is stunned to find out they are not alone in their weirdness. Stunned and then relieved to find out that there is a way out. The bottom line is that we give up a life of using for a life of service. When you find this and come to terms with serving people who usually don't care, and you serve them anyway, then and only then will you start receiving the rewards that await you.

About the Author

My name is Dennis Wright and I am an addict. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying I am broken, what I am saying is that I have been able to live outside my own parameter for many years now. I owe my life to the 12 steps and I thank the God of my understanding for allowing me to have a life beyond my cognizance. It is because I am an addict that I found Jesus. I am not here to tell you anything that you have to do, I am here to tell you what I had to do. Part of what I did was to make 8500 meetings since 8/5/88. In the process I found freedom from my flesh. My body no longer dictates my actions, (aside from food, water, and toilet). I no longer HAVE to obey my addictions, and this includes pornography and cigarettes, and I no longer have to steal my time from my family. I have been in the rooms since July 24, 1978 and have now, (by God's grace) been able to maintain my clean time for 22 years. I am still on my last chance and I cannot afford to ever think that I have this thing whipped, I have seen too many of my friends die. The sad part is that I have had more friends kill themselves and die clean than I have friends relapse and die. So you tell me why I am still alive and they are not. I believe it is because of my talent for verse and my courage to put it out there no matter what you may think.