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Review: Who Lied and Said We Left the Garden of Eden?
- By Leslie Owen
- Published December 10, 2008
- Self Help & How To's
Leslie Owen
Reviewer Leslie Owen currently works
full time as an Massage Therapist and part time as a Freelance
Writer.
She also enjoys spending time with her lovely friends,
playing bass guitar, weaving, reading, laughing.
Author: Daniel Martin
Publisher Outskirts Press
ISBN 9781432729394
Daniel Martin has portrayed himself and his riveting
tale in a painstakingly honest, yet beautiful way as he recounts his life
as a young boy raised with an impeding fear of the devil, brimstone,
demons, and government.
Growing up as a teenager, he turned
to drugs as a way of escaping his Christian fundamental upbringing. I was able to relate to Daniel’s struggles as a young
man torn between the two worlds. At times, it feels as if you are
casting two shadows. One that is what your parents raised you to
believe and the other- your own experiences.
Eventually, he was routinely committing burglaries to pay
for his drug of choice-speed and this was was just the beginning. Before
he reached his 18th birthday, he became a ward of the state and soon
thereafter, he found himself living out of a shopping cart, selling
his body to purchase drugs.
Martin’s story is as much about the devastation of addiction as it is about homelessness. Here is a life that was a long, tortuous journey through treatment and rehabilitation centers where staying clean and sober was the only thing that truly mattered. Each success seemed doomed to a corresponding failure.
After many years of this extremely harsh lifestyle,
Daniel began to study plumbing and married a wonderful woman. They now have two adorable children, becoming successful parents and business owners.
I applaud Daniel in finding a way out of the horrendous
lifestyle of drugs, the streets, and the greatest battle of all,
himself. He began to form a life with positive changes and
will power that bought Daniel to where his is today. I truly hope
that many people will read this book and find a new positive path for
themselves.