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Joseph W. Naus

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Pepperdine Law grad and former attorney, Joseph W. Naus, is the author of Straight Pepper Diet (2015), a harrowing and sometimes hilarious memoir about surviving the aftermath of sex and alcohol addiction.
Joseph's follow-up memoir is set The Palsgraf Revelation (2/15/2020), a memoir of love, recovery, and practical spirituality. Don't worry, it's just as gritty as his first.

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I very much enjoyed 'The Straight Pepper Diet' but I was wondering have your experiences meant you can no longer practice Law?

Joseph W. Naus Hi Julie. Thank you for reading SPD. I greatly appreciate it. If you haven't done so, please rate it on Amazon, even if you didn't buy it through Amaz…moreHi Julie. Thank you for reading SPD. I greatly appreciate it. If you haven't done so, please rate it on Amazon, even if you didn't buy it through Amazon.

A: Disbarment is not permanent in California. My current understanding is that one can reapply ten years after the date of disbarment or the end of one's probation/parole/incarceration, whichever is later. I am, I believe, eligible to reapply as of now.

I loved the practice of law and wonder what it would be like practicing as a recovered person with all the spiritual tools I've developed over the last dozen years since my "forced" spiritual awakening.
If financially feasible, I'd like to do some pro bono work.
One day at a time.

Peace and Blessings to you and yours,

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Joseph W. Naus Golf is Magic (not a book about golf): it's part follow-up memoir, part golf instruction theory, part spiritual thesis. …moreGolf is Magic (not a book about golf): it's part follow-up memoir, part golf instruction theory, part spiritual thesis. (less)

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Straight Pepper Diet

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Sex Addiction and the Straight Pepper Diet

Check out the new podcast. Shane interviews me about, my memoir, Straight Pepper Diet.

Shane, "That Sober Guy", podcast host, has a lot of questions about sex addiction ... hmmm. Ha-ha!

http://www.thatsoberguy.com/blog/ep102

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Published on September 18, 2016 12:26 • Tags: alcoholics-anonymous, alcoholism, best-selling-author, lawyer, love-wins, memoir, sex-addiction

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Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, #1)

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Tours of the Black Clock

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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)

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“The two should really go hand in hand; for one deals with causes and the other with effects. True philosophy and true science will some day meet on a common basis; and, working together, will give to the world a theology of reality. Then, indeed, will "God go forth anew into Creation." A”
― Ernest Holmes, Ernest Holmes: The Essential Collection

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