Mr. SponsorPants: Adventures in Sobriety and The 12 Steps for AA's & Others

A rollicking, DOUBLE-SIZED debut -- more than 250 essays:
It's like David Sedaris meets Betty Ford.
Mr. SponsorPants is the pen name of a long-time sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous. This book is a collection of writings detailing his challenges and experiences with both his own sobriety and that of the people he sponsors. Both comic and tragic, salty and sublime, full of practical information for both people in recovery and those who seek to apply spiritual principles in their lives. Mr. SponsorPants' sincere, irreverent, comic and heartfelt voice carries with it both the ring of truth and the sting of truth, as he confronts his own foibles and uses AA's "tools for living" to stay sober, grow in his recovery, and pass that along to others. While all the stories are true, great care has been taken to adhere to AA's tradition of anonymity, and identifying details for both himself and others are altered. Invaluable for people in sobriety and insightful for those who are either new to the 12 Step world or are curious about this spiritual program which has helped heal so many. Fun and philosophical, Mr. SponsorPants embodies the truism that while addiction is deadly serious, recovery can be far from it.