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… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Being able to play tragedy for humor rather than pity is a new trick I've learned. For a long time that's what I did with my poetry, ask people to feel sorry for me. I got sober and I realized… — 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… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Get Up is basically the book I wanted to have my first year of sobriety. I wish someone had given me this book a… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
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… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
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.… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
“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
