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As his best friend – an alcoholic old Hollywood star – begs for death, a young reporter sees his own fate and takes a dramatic step to rewrite the story of his life.
A spotlight went on when I saw myself in my friend begging for death....A few days later when I rejected alcohol at my first AA meeting, a floodlight came on - illuminating my inteior flaws. The party was over. I knew I would never drink again (except for the night 4 years later when a guerrilla comRead more
A spotlight went on when I saw myself in my friend begging for death….A few days later when I rejected alcohol at my first AA meeting, a floodlight came on – illuminating my inteior flaws. The party was over. I knew I would never drink again (except for the night 4 years later when a guerrilla comandante on a volcano shoved a glass of Castro?s rum at me – but that?s the next book),. ?Now came the hard part. ?Years of repair. Of rebuilding a strong self. ?My heroe?s journey was gritty, ponderous at times. ?Like most are. Perhaps all. One of my heroes ws a man who builts schools out of adobe and dug outhouses in Guatemala. It was only after he died that I discovered he had won a bronze star in WWII by charging a machine gun nest. But I digress…
Alcohol unleashed the lightning bolt in me. Now I had to harness its energy. It took four more years in that little farm town, rebuilding my spine by absorbing their stories. Flinally I reacheda point of decision – stay and marry my bluegrass singer girlfriend or – grateful for the experience – move on to pursue dreams I had never given up.
By the way – thanks you all for pitching in on this exercise.
See lessAs his best friend – an alcoholic old Hollywood star – begs for death, a young reporter sees his own fate and takes a dramatic step to rewrite the story of his life.
I can?t for some reason make comments in the right box so here they are in the review box: dpg, the inciting incident is the moment I saw my friend begging for death. The antagonist is the bottle. Resolution is finding your own power after losing that of the bottle. an old story that is the nut of tRead more
I can?t for some reason make comments in the right box so here they are in the review box: dpg, the inciting incident is the moment I saw my friend begging for death. The antagonist is the bottle. Resolution is finding your own power after losing that of the bottle. an old story that is the nut of the big picture story of the transformation I went through during the 7 years in that farm town. So hard to capture this in a log line. What a remarkable exercise.
See lessAs his best friend – an alcoholic old Hollywood star – begs for death, a young reporter sees his own fate and takes a dramatic step to rewrite the story of his life.
Glad your brother prevailed. My story is a bit different. I was a born alcoholic and didn?t see myself until I saw my friend in his death throes.
Glad your brother prevailed. My story is a bit different. I was a born alcoholic and didn?t see myself until I saw my friend in his death throes.
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