Hiding in Plain Sight
Unshackling My Past: Breaking Free From Addiction, Obesity, and Toxic Love
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AT, alcoholic thinking, takes over your thought process, and the ramifications behind your decisions. AT eliminates the fear of the consequences of your actions. Let me repeat that, AT eliminates the fear of the consequences of your actions. Once the drinking takes over your thinking, you now have all the cares in the world of a guy on death row knowing he’s going to die in the chair or in prison. He’ll take any life he wants because there’s no worse outcome than life in prison– he has absolutely no fucks left to give. The alcoholic doesn’t fear any of the consequences about anything he does. Mix in a good drunk and you don’t give a damn about anything. That means drunk driving is okay because who cares if you get arrested. Treating people like they just kicked your cat is okay because you just… don’t… care. Plus you’re drunk, so that’s always a good enough excuse. Sorry, I drank too much last night, that’s not who I am, it’ll never happen again. If this excuse works for the casual drinker, it should be afforded to the boozehounds as well. Sure, paying $30 for an Uber is expensive, but have you ever spent over $10,000 on a lawyer, court fees, fines, classes, increased car insurance and never learned a single thing? Welcome. That’s what alcoholic thinking is like, and it happens over and over again.
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For author I. M. Enough, self-hatred began at a young age, and he turned to food to escape. He dodged the bottle until his early twenties, but once he began drinking, there was no stopping him. He sacrificed morals, family, and livelihood for the next drink. He combined that with a tortuous relationship that lasted for a decade too long, and became the laughingstock of his own life. The asinine things he did made for captivating stories that lie within the walls of this book. Hiding in Plain Sight shares his story while addressing several misunderstood issues about addiction. Enough touches on alcoholic thinking, a process describing how your brain changes with alcohol. He describes in detail how he beat the ignition interlock device to still drive drunk, and how close he was to becoming a serial killer. All his tales lead to a profound, enthralling, and unexpected ending. By sharing his personal history, Enough hopes to help change your worldview and perhaps make you a little more empathetic to what others are going through. He is proof that anything is possible and that a little hope can go a long way. This personal narrative presents a man’s journey as he overcame alcoholism, obesity, trauma, and codependence.
About the Author
I. M. Enough found joy beyond sorrow during a transformative period you have to read about to believe. He aspires to spread hope and inspire people through his writing, speaking engagements, one-on-one coaching, and his boundless positive energy. A restaurant professional by trade, he is passionate about food, fitness, helping others, and sports. He’s an avid golfer, and resides in southeastern Connecticut