Review: Not Dead Yet: Statistics Don't Scare People, or, "Other People"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
Statistics don't scare people. For example, in 2012, more than 10,000 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - one every 51 minutes. (These are other people, not you). In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older--or 9.2 percent of the population--had used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. (Again, these are other people, not you).In this book, we hear the voice of one of those, "other people". S/He is not dead yet, and this is what makes this book remarkable. Statistics clearly point to the likelihood that a person who abuses alcohol and / or other drugs will die as a direct result of their addiction... Our author, miraculously, is alive (still), and shares his/her wisdom with the reader. That alone is therapeutic and helpful, not only for the author, but also for anyone who has come to this book seeking authenticity.If you are reading this book, you are seeking the true to life voice of the addict. This is especially true, since this author is a "lost soul" who has somehow made it back into the light. The author has managed to beat addiction and now wants to share his story with you and I. Yes, there are certainly more informative sources available. We can agree on that. Yet it is wise to leave our cynicism aside. Author C.K. Murray makes the same appeal to us that Mark Anthony made to the citizens of Rome in his famous, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" speech. My recommendation is that we affirm our love of our fellow human beings by "lending our ear" to this author's wisdom...Reviewed by Thomas Jerome BakerAuthor ofHow to Coach a Debate Team (Volume 1)Disclaimer: I was given a digital copy of this book in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.