Yesterday's Tomorrow: Recovery Meditations for Hard Cases
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.11 (700 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1568381603 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-03-11 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. good. Self- help for people who like to do things the hard way. kevinc@Lineone.net I have recently read this book and felt it warranted a special mention .It is a really valuable departure from the usual self-help formula view of life and life's problems. Though Barry L claims authorship of this collection of inspiring meditations and advice . "Meditations for the un-Lofty" according to Fellow Traveler. I have a dozen meditation books. This is the one I use. Sometimes the more high-minded a meditation is the less I can relate to it. Yesterday's Tomorrow reaches me in the trenches where life is messy and offers comments that reflect years of recovery experience
He then sold his printing company and went into writing full time, somewhat neglecting two areas: figuring out what to write, and figuring out how to write. It is my endeavor to take these matters and warp the reader's mind as well. In December of 1981 he entered St. It's also fun." . One of my tasks is to be as true to that universe as possible, which for me involves going to wherever/whenever, living and wandering there for a time, then
In his first year of publication he sold his first three books, Manifest Destiny, Circus World, and City of Baraboo, and a year later became the first writer to be awarded the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and John W. Mary's researched, as Barry says, "the hard way." He is very open about his recovery, and is always eager to share with anyone else who is doing it one day at a time, or cares to give it a try. My true mission is to go to strange and wonderful places, both dark and humorous, to pursue and grasp important truths about myself, life, and the universe that for some reason are much more understandable in science fiction than they are in the here and now. Following that he sold numerous short works, with stories appearing in Analog, Amazing, Omni, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Twilight Zone, and non fiction pieces in Writer's Digest. In December of 1981
Now he's written a meditation book especially for "hard cases" like himself; those who struggle with the spiritual side of the program and have had a hard time staying sober. has been clean and sober for more than 14 years, but there was a time when his multiple trips through relapse, detox, and treatment made sobriety seem an impossibility. Here is blunt, bare-knuckle writing that tells it like it is.Know a few hard cases who just don't seem to get the program? They'll benefit from this book.. At last, a meditation book that shows why and, more importantly, how recovery works written in no-nonsense language by a "hard case" who's been there -- and been there, and been there.Barry L