Tales From the Center of the Herd

Tales From the Center of the Herd - Short Stories of Long Term Sobriety & Recovery - "Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra" is a collection of interviews with 18 people in lifelong recovery from Alcoholism and other Addictions. In the rooms of 12Step fellowships, the descriptive phrase "Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra" implies that those who understand, if not live in recovery realize they are marked by invisible spiritual stripes - recognized by other members of their herds in fellowship. When you get your stripes by living and announcing your recovery, they stay with you much like those of a Zebra, an animal that is born without similar markings.
These adventures in their lives of recovery are startling, humorous, inspirational, drawing compassion and acknowledgement of a "kinship" amongst others in recovery who know these stories bearing their own stripes.
In addition, there are photos and legends of Power Spirit Animals. Their stories portray these animals as symbols or totems; of characteristics and virtues that all in recovery desire to acquire: courage, memory, discernment, a feeling of association and family, insight, honesty etc.
It's a captivating book, a page-turner, and will pin you to your armchair filling a few days with a sense of transport into their worlds and lives; these people who lived and remained clean and sober at "The Center of the Herd" as an inspiration to all in recovery who would follow.