Coming soon | Life and recovery
David E. Sproule | Workshop draft
The Empty Chair at Christmas
When addiction is part of your holiday
Family recovery | workshop draft, about 10,025 words, 6 chapters
When addiction is part of your holiday Target about 10000 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 smell of pine needles fills the air, a sharp contrast to the hazy, distant scent of holiday cheer. You sit at the table, surrounded by the familiar faces of your family, but something is off. The laughter that usually greets you feels hollow, and the sight of the empty chair at the end of the table lingers like a cold draft. You can feel the weight of absence pressing down on you, a constant reminder of the person you miss. It's been years since their absence, yet the holidays still feel like a gauntlet. The pressure to feel joyous, to pretend everything is fine, is suffocating.
Chapters in this draft
- What this book is for
- The problem in plain language
- Tools for this week
- Scripts and checklists
- Failure modes
- When to get more help
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.
