By Doug Piotter
Genre: Dark comedic memoir
I grew up with alcoholic parents trapped inside their own lonely skins, a painful childhood full of cold shoulders and broken furniture. I burst onto the drug scene at age eleven and thrived before slowly finding out that it wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be. With addiction taking over and dictating my every move, I tried to make sense of it all while gathering five felonies along the way.
At thirty-three, after a long string of bank robberies and my bad guy impersonation had run its course, I was brought back to life with the gift of prison and given the opportunity to re-invent myself and start my life over, from scratch. Upon release, I learned that the universe is a kind and forgiving place, often strange and funny with plenty for everyone as long as I don’t forget where I came from.
My Review:
FIXED is a gritty memoir about the cycle of addiction, plain
and simple. This is a fantastic exploration into the mind and drug-crazed
activities of an addict, from the beginning:
serious family dysfunction,
poverty, and heredity. I relate to this book deeply on a personal level as my own life has made very many
parallel twists and turns in a location quite a ways to the south of Mr.
Piotter’s Seattle locale. He
exhaustively explores the demons in his own psyche, and is painfully honest
about his actions, the resulting penalties for his actions, and ultimately, his
recovery. I don’t think I’m being a spoiler here as this book would never have
been written had it not been for Doug’s ability to recover. I loved this book,
and encourage everyone to read it! A spectacular
book of CHANGE. Yes, it is possible.
Thank you, Doug. Five stars.
About the Author After two decades of reckless behavior, gripping drug addiction and petty crime evolving into bank robbery ended on the day he started a 115-month prison sentence in 1993. He has been clean and sober and crime-free ever since, a remarkable turnaround against long odds that such a change was possible. Upon his release, Piotter built a successful construction company and became an active member of his recovery community. He lives in Seattle with his wife, artist Terrell Lozada.
Links:
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.douglaspiotter/
On Twitter: @dougpiotter
On Website: dougpiotter.com
On Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1QwB7a0
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