David a Boone

A Violent Birth by Drowning David a Boone

"A Violent Birth by Drowning" examines a profound cultural loss--the loss of a generation of Americans to alcoholism and drug abuse. The cure for these devastating afflictions and the restoration of the addict to a happy and useful life has been with us for three quarters of a century but is being washed down the barroom sink with the dirty dish water of narcissism. Recovery has been right in front of us which is one of the main reasons it eluded me for years. It was right there but I was too self-absorbed to notice it or to take it seriously. Treatment doesn't cost a dime despite what it says on television but it will cost you everything, mainly the personality that made you drink a quart of whiskey or stick a needle in your arm. Maybe it wasn't you. Maybe it was your husband or your wife. Maybe it was your son or your daughter, your employee or even your parent. The people who do these things are called addicts and any addict, any alcoholic will tell you that John Barleycorn and his compulsions will never die. We have known that forever. So the part of you that is the drunk must die, that person disguised as yourself who wants to take your life by destroying your body and your soul. This is happening right now, all across the globe, across our country and across your neighborhood. If you don't know an alcoholic or an opioid addict now, trust me you will. Relief from the ravages of addiction takes the form of a powerful spirituality that will melt the icy shell that surrounds the heart of every drunk or addict who is willing to sacrifice love, honor, employment, marriage, even life itself for pleasure. Addiction is the obsession of the soul. It's not about what you think; it's about what you do and don't do. This book will show you how it's done. It was written in blood and agony, crime and indulgence. It was scrawled across a life that was destroyed and then pulled, barely alive, from the ashes. Life and death are like that. Try the tale out; you might have to cross your own desert to get to the well.