A Peculiar Mental Twist and the Solution – Don M.
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Thursday Night Speaker - 2006
Eight wives two stints in a state mental hospital and a machine gun that landed him in jail—Don M. doesn't sugarcoat the wreckage. He describes a life spent as a 'bad man getting good,' chasing women and status while operating under a 'peculiar mental twist.' The turning point arrived not through a court order but through a moment of raw identification with a fictional character on Hill Street Blues and a near-fatal attempt with a Ginzu steak knife. Sobriety since 1981 transformed him from a man who borrowed cars from women into a man who paid for his own tickets to Rome and New York. He emphasizes the necessity of a sponsor who doesn't let the sponsee fool them and the practical application of the fear process on page 68. He closes with the image of a man who once had a wishbone where his backbone should be now living a life of action.
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