Addicts have incredible energy, it's just all directed toward one goal. But what incredible luck and grace addicts have. You hear about… — Bucky Sinister Addict 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… — Bucky Sinister Able 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."… — Bucky Sinister 12 step 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… — Bucky Sinister Adults 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… — Bucky Sinister 12-steps 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… — Bucky Sinister Broken 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… — Bucky Sinister 12-steps 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 Berkeley 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… — Bucky Sinister Able 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 Differences 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… — Bucky Sinister Back together Copy Share Image
There was my other big misconception. That if I got sober and went to a meeting they'd make me believe in God.… — Bucky Sinister Asks 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… — Bucky Sinister Able Copy Share Image
“Q: How do you tell when there's an elephant in the pit? A: Peanut shells on the floor.” — Bucky Sinister Elephants Copy Share Image
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… — Bucky Sinister 12 step Copy Share Image
We've been there and come back. When you fall in the pit, people are supposed to help you up. But you have… — Bucky Sinister Arms Copy Share Image
