{"product_id":"im-not-an-addict-im-just-an-ass-id-rather-be-a-smart-ass-than-a-dumb-ass-9781480830424","title":"I'm Not an Addict ... I'm Just an Ass!: I'd Rather Be a Smart Ass Than a Dumb Ass!","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuly 27, 1991, author Geri Petito made a decision to stop using drugs. She was what you might call a functioning drug addict. Her family didn't know she used and most of her friends were unaware as well. But that day came when she knew she was spiraling out of control. Petito checked herself into a rehab facility and stayed there for the full thirty days. It changed her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI'm Not an Addict ... I'm Just an Ass!\u003c\/i\u003e, she narrates a personal, intimate, honest, and sometimes lighthearted account of her road to recovery, a story that inspires others to take the same journey. She shares the steps she took to change her thinking from unhealthy to healthy, including honesty, faith, surrender, soul-searching, integrity, acceptance, humility and enabling, willingness, forgiveness, maintenance, making contact, and service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePetito tells how she felt anger, frustration, and pessimism, and how it eventually turned into hopefulness, gratitude, and empowerment. \u003ci\u003eI'm Not an Addict ... I'm Just an Ass!\u003c\/i\u003e communicates that these emotions are essential to the start of the road to recovery-beginning a new life with a healthy mind, body, and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geri Petito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480830424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeri Petito, originally from Long Island City, New York, \u003cbr\u003emoved to Robbinsville, New Jersey, at the age of thirteen.\u003cbr\u003ePetito writes an organic health blog. She has a daughter and\u003cbr\u003etwo grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45258187243635,"sku":"9781480830424","price":28.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_92eb8638-a0aa-4333-ab50-c506bd499b30.jpg?v=1784290275","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/im-not-an-addict-im-just-an-ass-id-rather-be-a-smart-ass-than-a-dumb-ass-9781480830424","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}