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While getting sober, I was fortunate to have a  counselor that introduced me to a book that forever changed my life,  The Artist Way . The book is in a format that coincides with 12 step recovery. I did the steps of AA and the steps of  The Artist's Way   side by side. The Artist Way, teaches how to encourage and become reconnected to your inner child. Furthermore, teaches you how to do things that your adult logical side says no to. I'm referring to things you usually won't do because you fear looking silly, or you don't have the time, or you'll do it later.  It could be something like stopping on the side of the road to take a selfie. Some of mine include, playing at openmics, and collecting/reading comics. When first doing drugs and alcohol there are moments when we lose our inhibition. Losing our inhibitions, has some of the feelings of freedom as being connecting to your inner child/peace. Unfortunately, after alcoholics, addicts become trapped in their u

In our latest chapter to (click  The House Of Baghhkkk-oooze ) I make reference to a character, Zene Levi. This character is from one of the first books I wrote when I got clean and sober titled  (click 2to1 .) Introspectively, from 2002 to now, I see that this book was very strangely therapeutic. I was coming to terms with the autopsies I assisted in doing, as part of my training in the US Army, as a Mortuary Affairs Specialist. Through most of it I was hungover. I remember the time as part to wake me up I worked on an autopsy of someone who died of alcoholism. Was too wasted to really get a positive effect from it. In this book, I was also reflecting, my life before the US Army. When I came back and the issues I had with returning home, after I the US Army. That's for another blog post. I remember our First Sergeant telling us when we assisted the FBI in 911, something to the effect of "...don't be afraid to get help even if it's years from now."  To me it