Coming soon | Life and recovery
David E. Sproule | Workshop draft
Boundary Scripts for Addiction Families
Short humane words for money, contact, emergencies, and relapse
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 9,285 words, 8 chapters
Usable words for families living beside addiction. Target about 12000 words. Workshop coming soon. Not for sale until SOON gates pass.
Not for sale
Workshop draft. Keeper pass still ahead.
Cover and brief are up. Workshop draft may already exist locally. Not for sale until a keeper pass and Soft Margins checkout.
Opening sample
First pass from the workshop. Not the ending.
The kitchen was quiet, save for the distant hum of the refrigerator. You sat at the island, hands resting on the cool granite, trying to make sense of the heavy air. The tension was palpable, a thick fog that seemed to suffocate the room. You took a deep breath, the scent of stale coffee lingering in the air, and wondered how you got here. Boundaries are often misunderstood. They are not walls that cut you off from your loved ones, but rather, lines that protect your emotional and physical well-being.
Chapters in this draft
- What a boundary is and is not
- Money scripts you can keep
- Contact scripts for hard nights
- Emergency night: what to say and not say
- After relapse: the next conversation
- When someone asks you to lie
- Your own support, not a lecture
- Limits of a book
Soft Margins
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About the author
David E. Sproule
Writes and builds from Edmonton, Alberta. Sproule Lit workshop drafts and Phyllux Tech, local first: files as masters, honest length, and tools people can use on a hard Tuesday.
