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    Abstinence Beats Recovery
    Abstinence Beats Recovery
    Abstinence Beats Recovery
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    Abstinence Beats Recovery

    By John Overton

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    Th is book is a compilation of personal stories contributed by alcoholics and drug
    addicts. Th ese stories are like those previously shared with students at public
    school assemblies. Th e contributors motives are to infl uence students to prepare
    themselves for a quality life rather than waste their lives on destructive, addictive
    habits. When the addicts understand that they can volunteer to speak to students or
    write their stories to be given to students, they have readily responded. Be prepared
    to enter into some very dark and depressive situations as you read the graphic but
    true experiences of addicts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJul 30, 2014
    ISBN9781499049367
    Abstinence Beats Recovery
    Author

    John Overton

    John and Dot Overton are a Christian couple married for 63 years. John is a retired NASA engineer, Dot is his faithful helpmate, and Jesus is their Lord. Their writings attempt to offer solutions rather than just identify problems.

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      Abstinence Beats Recovery - John Overton

      Copyright © 2014 by John Overton. 650947

      ISBN:      Softcover         978-1-4990-4937-4

                      EBook              978-1-4990-4936-7

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may

      be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by

      any means, electronic or mechanical, including

      photocopying, recording, or by any information

      storage and retrieval system, without permission in

      writing from the copyright owner.

      Rev. date: 07/26/2014

      Xlibris LLC

      1-888-795-4274

      www.Xlibris.com

      This book is dedicated to the men and women who are prisoners of alcohol and drug addiction, admit it, and seek recovery. The book consists of contributions and interviews with people that want to not only recover from their addictions but want to help others avoid the consequences they have suffered as a result of addictions. Though the names are fictional, the stories are true and factual as best they can be recalled by the contributors. The initials AA stands for Alcohol Anonymous and BARC stands for the Bay Area Recovery Center.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Addicted, Overdosed and Almost Died

      A Loner that Did Not Fit In

      Do Not Start; EVER

      Don’t Buy the Lie that Pot Is Harmless

      Please Take My Advice While You Still Have the Chance To Do So

      Accept the Fact That You Are Loved.

      If You Can’t Quit, Ask For Help

      I’d Rather You Go to Jail Than Come Back Home

      Don’t Start an Addiction and Expect to Skip Its Pain

      I Pulled a Knife and Swung at MY Dad!

      My Advice to Students is to Not Run From Your Problems

      Think About The Life Waiting On You

      Only High School Graduate In My Family

      From High School With Honors and Baylor University.

      Grandmother Took Me In

      Taken To Church Every Sunday

      Smoking Pot Was Cool in High School

      Stop Before You Are Unable to Stop

      Twelve Steps to Recovery

      I Threw Away My Opportunities for Drugs and Alcohol

      Avoid the Mistakes That I Have Made

      Don’t Be a Fool Like Me

      Don’t Think You can Control the Uncontrollable. — You Can’t!

      There Is No Way to Undo the Damage of Addiction Once it Has You!

      Conclusion

      INTRODUCTION

      Alcohol and drug addiction is an international problem. It has created a market readily supplied by evil men addicted to greed. Those that profit from the traffic are far removed from those affected by it because it is so rewarding and impersonal. Massive wealth is being accumulated by the suppliers funded by people of all ages and stations of life. While users are increasing the wealth of dealers, they are being impoverished in many ways by the consequences of addiction.

      It is the writer’s, and each contributor’s hope that these true stories will influence students, and parents of students to avoid experimenting with alcohol and drugs and chancing lifestyles illustrated in these pages Our schools are the most vulnerable targets for irresponsible suppliers obsessed by greed and unconcerned about the extreme damage they are causing. Men and women of the Bay Area Recovery Center speak to students in our public schools each year during their Red

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