COLLATERAL DAMAGE: The Other Victims
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (846 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1432723170 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This is not to excuse or rationalize the drinker's actions, but to help loved ones and others to understand and perhaps offer solutions and even forgiveness instead of making judgments on them. One who began drinking by the age of eleven and by sixteen years of age was a jockey who was addicted to alcohol; one who lived this life for the next twenty seven years. This is written by a recovering alcoholic with thirty five years of sobriety. The suffering may come in the form of abuse, neglect, mental anguish, abandonment or dereliction; this suffering affects a variety of people; from ones marriage partner, to children, loved ones, relatives, friends, superiors and subordinates Through these pages perhaps those who are suffering, and those who fall victim to the alcoholic's actions may some how gain some insight and understanding to some of that persons problems; some reasoning for their behavior and for both to realize that there is hope for even what may seem to be the most hopeless case. Then through a higher power I was saved from the depths of alcoholism and from the age of forty three has lived a happy and successful life, including a third career of twenty years in management with the USPS, and now a forth career as an author.. For every alcoholic there are many more who suffer from that person's malady. This book is written not only to give hope and inspiration to th
Reach out to them! . Only through the intervention of a higher power (that I prefer to call God) was I redeemed from this life of Hell and agony. To demonstrate through my life stories of pain and heartache that there is hope for what may seem to be the most helpless case, and please believe me I have not only seen the worst cases in my life; but became one myself. From the Author The sole purpose of the message contained in this book is to give information and hope to those who suffer from the actions of an alcoholic or drug addict. The research that is offered here is to help those who do not know where to turn or w
Over time, he reached out and helped many others to discover their own sobriety. Then he knew he could not heal himself without lots of help from others and from a higher power. First, he chose to admit that he had a problem. At the age of twenty one he was forced to give up his job as a jockey due to the Korean War, to avoid being drafted into the Army he joined the USAF and spent the next twenty
Trackside said Not a cure, but hope. Like his first book, A Long Hard Ride, Richard tells of his battle with alcoholism through personal accounts of his own life experiences.With Collateral Damage, there is more focus on the effect of the disease on family and loved ones of an addict.Richard does not claim to have found the cure for addiction but shares that there is hope and help available for any addict when they are ready to seek it.