"Jimmy" From foster homes and Addiction to Recovery: Foster homes, addiction, abuse, recovery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463724078)

"Jimmy" From stepchild and addiction to recovery. This is my story, an average kid growing up in an abusive world of foster homes, going through addiction, homelessness, jails and prison, having a rough time dealing with life itself and a heartbreaking divorce. I'm not anything special, I just want to let kids and people of all ages, to be able to relate and know that they're more of us with the same story out there. I'm writing this book, not because I have been told I should write my story, but for my own therapy, which is important to my recovery as an alcoholic and addict, as it can be for the stepchild that suffers from a life of abuse, alcoholism or drug addiction. I have been blessed with a good memory, and the knowledge of how God has been working in my life. I can remember very clearly from moment to moment, but for time and reading sake, I didn't write about every little thing that happened, but it's pretty darn close In this book I mainly keep the focus on myself as much as possible and as I seen life through my own eyes and not others, at how my drinking progressed and how hard my life came to be, because of it; there may be an exception or so with the step parents and step sisters or brothers through out my life. I had a rough childhood, but not as bad as some kids I met and were friends with during my life, but I experienced more than enough to understand how a hurting stepchild feels. I'm honored to be able to share and hopefully touch someone's heart out there in this crazy world we live in, and grew up in, also for the ones that have a hard concept of family and are alone in life. Men, women and children alike, trying to fit in and just wanting to be happy in their lives. Asking the question's I ask myself, "why me?" how did I get the short end of the stick? Where did I go wrong, and what did I do to deserve this? I once blamed God for my misfortunes, but I know now that God has been keeping a strong caring hand on me, even when I really didn't noticed that he was guiding me along, no matter how deep and dark it became in my life. I hope you enjoy the stories of my life and you can have a sense of being there with me, maybe you had similar times and events that you experienced in the same fashion? It's not everyday you get to read about another foster kids life and how you can walk along side with the abuse, addiction and the everyday heartache of abandonment, or the sinking feeling if anybody is ever going to care about you. But, there are good times though, and there were funny episodes too, not everything in my life has been bad, and I hope that the good times in this book will cause you to find yours Jimmy P. + (c) 9/12/10

Author: James Vincent Peckenschneider
ISBN-10: 1463724071
ISBN-13: 9781463724078
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2011
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

About the Author
Born in NY and at the age of 6, I was taken from my family and raised in abusive foster homes. as I grew older my life became more complicated and I turned to drugs and alcohol, which I been fighting for 30 years. I am now in recovery and sober. I learned so much from my past and I'm here to help the one that still suffers. losing my parents, watching my Grandma die, never again to see my brothers, I was all alone and I lost my trust in adults and authority figures, I ran to anything that made me forget about my pain, this book has a story of what happens to a kid when his life is turned upside down, and not just once but several times!