Side Trips From Cowboy: Addiction, Recovery and the Western American Myth
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.77 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1886591121 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is an avid backpacker, wilderness advocate and traveler, particularly in the American West. “Camping In Wyoming” was designed around Mariam’s handwritten account and original “kodaks” of her honeymoon trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1910. He has also recently released a children’s Christmas book, “Caleb’s Miracle,” and “Camping In Wyoming,” by his grandmother, Mariam Lawton Clayton.
Not just for addicts. For anyone who loves good writing. L'Ara This is not a how-to book about recovery. This book is is a deeply thought, expertly told journey through a man's life, one that even those who con't know one end of a horse from another can relate to. It is relevant not just for those in recovery, or those with relatives and friends who struggle with addiction. Although the book title and description would indicate that perhaps only addicts would relate to this book, it contains so much that pertains to the human experience, and our struggle to know our place in th
He has also helped other authors make their books reality through Blue Creek Press (bluecreekpress) In his "other" life, Compton is program coordinator for Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (wwwscotchmanpeaks), advocating for wilderness designation for the 88,000-acre Scotchman Peaks on the border between Idaho and Montana near where he lives. About the Author Sandy Compton grew up in Western Montana, where he lives still. . As an addict in recovery, he writes unflinchingly about his own struggle and the nature of addiction in a memoir, "Side Trips From Cowboy: Addiction, Recovery and the Western American Myth." “Side T
They are looking for ghosts and find not a few — in wild, excruciatingly beautiful country. Side Trips From Cowboy is an adventure that explores wilderness — wild places both within and outside of us — and leads to startling, not-so-easy, yet somehow comforting revelations about the nature of addiction and recovery. He finds this path isn’t always — or often — easy. Side Trips From Cowboy is a personal exploration of the Nez Perce story and the American West coupled with a intimate look at the nature of addiction. You’re invited along on this adventure to learn this path and consider what you really want to be when you grow up.. Braided into this tale is the author’s lifelong search for Cowboy, his fight with addiction — a disease he dubs growupus interruptus — and his path through the 12 Steps of Recovery. But it’s a damned sight bette