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Out of the Woods - 365 Ways to Not Be A Dung Beetle Paperback Troy Clarkson
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Published January 1, 2017
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July 13, 2022
Purchased this book at a street fair on Cape Cod from a local author who struggled with addiction. The book is filled with daily inspirational quotes for anyone who is struggling and working toward a better and brighter future. Many quotes on the power of positive thinking and the healing power of gratitude to find peace, happiness, and contentment.
July 12, 2021
Addiction is Hell! Addiction to anything is worse than any story about an evil genius trying to take over the world. Troy Clarkson had the consummate courage to admit that he was addicted to alcohol to the point where he retreated to the woods, taking with him "a blanket, a change of clothes, a book on Abraham Lincoln - because despite my journey to live in the woods I considered myself an intellectual - and six half pints of vodka. I was prepared to die there that day, and in the deepest, darkest, most fearful caverns that existed in my soul, the latter option appealed to me more."
As he said in the first line of the Forward of this book, "I came out of the woods to write this book. Literally."
The sub-title of the book is: 365 Ways to Not Be a Dung Beetle. He explains that "The dung beetle exists for the sole purpose of carrying around the crap of others. It is a miserable existence. Don't be a dung beetle."
So he created this motivational compendium of daily words of encouragement - Out of the Woods. And since holidays are an especially difficult time, there is a section of the book that focuses just on that. Taking it one day at a time. There is no calendar attached to these words. It doesn't matter where you start, but what if the words of just one of these verses breaks the link to the addiction for a moment? You may not agree with all of them. It just takes one - and that can lead to another.
I don't have the skill to write a horror story to reflect the depths of addictive hell.
As he said in the first line of the Forward of this book, "I came out of the woods to write this book. Literally."
The sub-title of the book is: 365 Ways to Not Be a Dung Beetle. He explains that "The dung beetle exists for the sole purpose of carrying around the crap of others. It is a miserable existence. Don't be a dung beetle."
So he created this motivational compendium of daily words of encouragement - Out of the Woods. And since holidays are an especially difficult time, there is a section of the book that focuses just on that. Taking it one day at a time. There is no calendar attached to these words. It doesn't matter where you start, but what if the words of just one of these verses breaks the link to the addiction for a moment? You may not agree with all of them. It just takes one - and that can lead to another.
I don't have the skill to write a horror story to reflect the depths of addictive hell.
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