Paradise Life

About the Book

I wanted to get the message out that any addict could get clean, stop using drugs and find a new way to live.

My personal life experience can be a living example to help educate the public that addiction is a humanistic

disease from which the addict and family members suffer no matter what supportive opportunities are given. The

disease of addiction is completely profound in the aspect that help can only be obtained through a miraculous

process of Recovery otherwise known as Grace. I share about the horrors of my life and how wonderful my

life has become today. In the spirit of recovery my contribution is exemplified by the selfless effort of helping

other addicts find and achieve recovery. Today my goal is to help others unconditionally and to be a part of the

solution rather than the problem. My understanding is my contribution will help alleviate the pain and suffering

of addicts and those close to addicts by being exposed to this work of art. My motive was to bring to light the

love and truth about the feelings of an addict who has found joy, happiness and freedom. This is the recovery

revolution that is going on right now.

- Chris Keeley

CHAPTERS:

1) Dada to the Bone page 4

2) Stomach Pain Basilica page 7

3) The Disappointment page 10

4) Moment of Clarity page 12

5) Roads Not Safe page 20

6) All over the place page 23

7) Harassed but not arrested page 27

8) The Surgery Acute Care Lumbar Hemi-Laminestomy page 29

9) The Bear page 32

10) The Horseshoe page 34

11) Wild Duck page 36

12) The Leica Mishap page 38

13) The Wedding Present page 40

14) Suspicious Activity page 44

15) The Rolls Royce of Awareness page 47

16) A Pickle can´t go back to being a Cucumber page 50

17) Awake and Alive page 55

18) Nine High Schools Without a Diploma page 62

19) Turquoise Sports Car Totaled by a Telephone Pole page 67

20) White Pipes, Weed, and the Wild Coast page 69

21) Going Ninety on Georgia Avenue page 71

22) Woke up in Swaziland instead of Switzerland page 73

23) Three Nasty Letters page 76

24) Three early traumatic events page 79

25) Madness in Rio page 81

26) The Victoria Falls Fiasco page 84

27) Blueblood Reminiscences page 88

28) My poisonous spider bite page 91

29) My First Date with Valerie page 93

30) Opium Dreams page 95

31) The Fire page 99

32) Anna´s Overdose page 101

33) God is laughing at me page 104

34) David´s Death page 106

35) The Malawi Incident page 110

36) The Biggest Blow to my Ego page 113

37) Hardest Laugh page 115

38) The Day I quit smoking for real page 117

39) The Third Instance of trouble was Thanksgiving weekend 1974, my first Acid Trip page 119

40) Three Instances of Trouble Part Two page 121

41) Three Instances of Trouble Part One page 123

42) A Story of Continual Denial page 124

43) Coincidences page 127

44) Journal September 1995 page 148

45) A Day in the life of an Addict page 153

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