Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn't end there.

- Bucky Sinister

Oddly-shaped is a term I've been using because it doesn't sound better or worse than anyone elses. All those other terms like "f**'ed up childhood" o…

- Bucky Sinister

Q: What's the difference between a tweaker and an elephant? A: The elephant will eat all your peanut butter.

- Bucky Sinister

In our childhoods we either get all the social and emotional and ethical skills we need to be well adjusted adults, or we don't. Some of us don't kno…

- Bucky Sinister

I think a lot of us who had these oddly shaped childhoods, in some ways we're hyper-capable. We're able to take care of ourselves in a lot of ways bu…

- Bucky Sinister

I used to think, "I can't go to these meetings because they'll make me believe in God. Make me go to church." I knew it wasn't right for me before I …

- Bucky Sinister

Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church basement full of Republicans …

- Bucky Sinister

Being able to play tragedy for humor rather than pity is a new trick I've learned. For a long time that's what I did with my poetry, ask people to fe…

- Bucky Sinister

Addicts have incredible energy, it's just all directed toward one goal. But what incredible luck and grace addicts have. You hear about it all the ti…

- Bucky Sinister