The Twelve Steps - Paperback

by Zachary Crabtree (Author)

"A Man who Cannot Keep Awake Cannot Keep it Together."There is always something that pulls an alcoholic deeper into his unquenchable thirst - something degenerative to the human spirit. Indeed, there have been incidents in my life that carry tragic significance to me, yet I know they pale in comparison to the tragedies experienced by others.When the jagged pieces of a disfigured past become a troubled, broken-up, glass-bottled mosaic in one's present life, all the innocent souls affected along the way become entangled in one's conscience; while the depression, pills, manic behavior and soul-searching coalesce in a series of twelve steps.Alcohol affects the lives of hooligans, stubborn old fools, lovers, and families torn apart by drunk drivers - drunk drivers like me.

Author Biography

Zachary Crabtree was born in SoWeBo (South West Baltimore) house with wood floors, brick walls, tall ceilings, a skylight and a marble stoop. He came to be a writer because all the books collect overflow in cardboard boxes. He's got long-playing microgroove records. He moved to live with his grandma and Zadie's Frank Lloyd Wright home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" pretty much says it all, "You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four / Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore"