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The Gangster's Guide to Sobriety - My Life in 12 Steps (Hardcover)
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The Gangster's Guide to Sobriety - My Life in 12 Steps (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R407
Discovery Miles 4 070
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As seen on Good Morning America A darkly humorous and inspiring
first-person account of the larger-than-life exploits and ultimate
redemption of an Irish
gangster-turned-actor-turned-sober-storyteller-written in
collaboration with the creators of Silicon Valley. Richie Stephens
is an actor who often plays hardened gangsters and criminals. This
is easy for him because he was a drug trafficker, kidnapper, drug
addict, alcoholic, and all-around criminal himself. His life
twisted and turned in harrowing self-destructive adventures that
took him from his native Ireland to San Francisco, Australia, and
finally, Los Angeles, coalescing into a classic tale of a man
trying to run from his problems by moving to new and more exotic
locations-a hard and painful realization that comes at a point in
which he's about to take his own life. The only reason there is a
story to tell is because he did not. Instead, he found help, and in
doing so, found himself. More than that, he found that help comes
in different forms, and oftentimes it just takes the right thought
to hit at the right time for it all to make sense. The Gangster's
Guide to Sobriety chronicles Richie's descent into the abyss of
crime and dependency, and how his personal understanding of freedom
allowed him to become the functioning positive force he is today.
Richie's story is sprawling and epic, but the key to the book is
the same key to his recovery: the 12 Steps. With his own flair and
original understanding of life and the world, he followed the 12
Steps to find the clarity he needed to save his own life and evolve
into a positive force for others. As Richie says, "Hopefully if
people see that someone as fucked up as me could change their life,
then there is hope for anyone." The Gangster's Guide to Sobriety is
gripping in its honesty and openness. Even at its darkest moments,
there is a keen understanding of the absurd nature of life as the
author comes to grips with his failings and his faith, while also
entering a place of self-acceptance. This is a story of redemption
and the power of the human spirit, and how sometimes you have to
turn to something greater than yourself.
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