How to Stop Screwing Up: Twelve Steps to a Real Life and a Pretty Good Time - Softcover

Woodroof, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157174536X ISBN 13: 9781571745361

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

An award-winning broadcast reporter shares her story of broken relationships, career sabotage, and substance abuse, acknowledging that one does not have to hit rock bottom or spend a night in jail to enjoy the benefits of the Twelve Steps. Original.

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Synopsis

Martha Woodroof is an award-winning reporter. "How To Stop Screwing Up" is her account of how she used the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous not just to deal with her addictions, but to stop screwing her life up in many other ways as well. Woodroof cheerfully lays out the Twelve Steps (long the hallowed turf of those recovering from addictions) as a workable guide for anyone who wishes to replace a bad habit with a good one. A masterful storyteller, Woodroof weaves personal anecdotes - from wacky to worrisome to whimsical - among practical suggestions for working each step. Perhaps most refreshing, "How To Stop Screwing Up" encourages readers to work the steps privately and at their own pace, without any reliance on public disclosure or the dogma of religion. Woodroof's unique spiritual connection with her own Higher Power, whom she's dubbed "Alice," has filled an enormous void in her own life and she encourages readers to solidify such a relationship in their own personally comfortable way.

"How To Stop Screwing Up" fuses humour with humility, drawing on popular culture, Popeye and poetry to create a comfortable, even cosy, context for some startling insights delivered by a very fresh voice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157174536X
• ISBN 13: 9781571745361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184