The struggle is real.? It has purpose.? You are not alone.? These sixty-some meditations by Roger A. form a record of his battle with the demons of addiction.? We trust it will allow others in recovery to find hope.
"Thank you for writing ['we Who Battle Demons']; I love it, and if it's okay, I'll share it with others." --Little Rock
"Your poems [of recovery] are sustaining gifts. thank you." --Seattle
Roger A. is a former New York City magazine editor now living in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.
The struggle is real. It has purpose. You are not alone. These sixty-some meditations by Roger A. form a record of his battle with the demons of addiction. We trust it will allow others in recovery to find hope.
The struggle is real. It has purpose. You are not alone. From cities far and wide, people in recovery have sent Roger A. emails thanking him for his meditation-inspiring sonnets. Here, from some of these emails, are the words of people struggling and recovering. We've identified their hometowns but withheld individual names, to honor the recovering person's anonymity.
"This [sonnet "Defining Moment"] so poignantly dispels the troubles some of us have with the concept of God, especially with goofy religious childhoods to reconcile. I need to share this with a couple of my friends. Thank you." --Kansas City
"Your poems [of recovery] are sustaining gifts. Thank you." --Seattle
"Such a graceful poem." --Toronto (regarding "How She Danced"
"I never heard by personal heartache described as perfectly as "When I Refuse to Pray," just to name one of the poems that described my innermost struggles. I read almost all of your words in a sense of sholc'
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