Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church basement full of Republicans and Christians who drink to much. — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Addicts have incredible energy, it's just all directed toward one goal. But what incredible luck and grace addicts have. You hear about it all the time, getting into some kind of crazy situation in order to get drugs or to get money for drugs, pulling off something where they fall from a building and land on a truck full of… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share
Get Up is basically the book I wanted to have my first year of sobriety. I wish someone had given me this book a year before I even went to a meeting because I was already miserable. I didn't enjoy drinking anymore, I just couldn't stand the idea of not doing it. I was afraid if I got sober I… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share
I used to think, "I can't go to these meetings because they'll make me believe in God. Make me go to church." I knew it wasn't right for me before I ever tried it. I was suspicious of anything outside my realm of experience. That same kind of attitude carries over into 12-step programs, because they are programs. There's this… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share
In our childhoods we either get all the social and emotional and ethical skills we need to be well adjusted adults, or we don't. Some of us don't know how to tell someone we like them. A lot of us get depressed and get wasted. Why don't we do something that makes us feel better? Because we don't know any… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share
“Just as others pray daily, you should think to yourself daily about what you can do to be closer to this Ideal Image. Think:… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Oddly-shaped is a term I've been using because it doesn't sound better or worse than anyone elses. All those other terms like "f**'ed up… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
“They got drunk and high on a regular basis, but this is a vestige of youth that you either quit while you're young or… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Maximum Rocknroll didn't have a map section. How was I supposed to know that Berkeley was not a neighborhood of San Francisco? — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us who had these oddly shaped childhoods, in some ways we're hyper-capable. We're able to take care of ourselves… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Q: What's the difference between a tweaker and an elephant? A: The elephant will eat all your peanut butter. — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn't end… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
