Acrobaddict

Acrobaddict

by Joe Putignano
Acrobaddict

Acrobaddict

by Joe Putignano

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Overview

"This raw and emotional tale is a roller coaster through the depths of addiction, tragedy, hard work, and redemption. It is proof that with hard work, anything is possible."—Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent

Follow Joe Putignano on a harrowing journey from the US Olympic Training Center to homeless shelters to shooting heroin on the job to being declared dead. This story goes beyond addiction. It is about the fragility and tenacity of the human spirit and how that spirit can redeem each and every one of us by helping to push us through the darkness, whether the darkness is from death, divorce, or the disease of addiction.

Acrobaddict is a story about the close relationship between athletics and drug addiction—how the same energy, obsession, and dedication that can create an Olympic athlete can also create a homeless drug addict.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781937612511
Publisher: Central Recovery Press, LLC
Publication date: 09/10/2013
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Joe Putignano is a performing artist and contortionist who has toured with Cirque du Soleil. He was the star of the Cirque show, Totem. He has performed in The Times They Are A-Changin' by Twyla Tharp and in a number of stage productions with the Metropolitan Opera. He was a competitor at the Junior Olympics National Championships, and since 1987 he has won numerous state and regional championships. Putignano has also appeared on various TV shows and has modeled for many magazines.

Table of Contents

Foreword Robert Lepage ix

Acknowledgments xi

Prologue 1

Section I Backflip

Chapter 1 Sacrum 9

Chapter 2 Lungs 13

Chapter 3 Heart 19

Chapter 4 Lacrimal Bone 23

Chapter 5 Phalanges 29

Chapter 6 Ulna Nerve 35

Chapter 7 Laryngeal Prominence 43

Chapter 8 Skull 49

Chapter 9 Hair and Nails 55

Chapter 10 Muscle 59

Section II Elbow Stand

Chapter 11 Teeth 71

Chapter 12 Skin 79

Chapter 13 Ligaments and Tendons 89

Chapter 14 Eyes 95

Chapter 15 Radial and Ulna Bones 101

Chapter 16 Anatomical Snuff Box 109

Chapter 17 Liver 115

Chapter 18 Tongue 123

Chapter 19 Neurotransmitters 135

Chapter 20 Calvaria 143

Chapter 21 Blood 155

Chapter 22 Cell 161

Chapter 23 Digitus Impudicus 169

Chapter 24 Innominate 179

Chapter 25 Pubic Bone 195

Chapter 26 Cerebrum 205

Chapter 27 Pituitary Gland: Part I 211

Chapter 28 Achilles 221

Chapter 29 Fibula 231

Chapter 30 Platelets 245

Chapter 31 The Central Nervous System 255

Chapter 32 Umbilical Cord 267

Section III Reverse Planche

Chapter 33 The Mind 279

Chapter 34 Spinal Column 293

Chapter 35 Tibia 303

Chapter 36 Pituitary Gland: Part II 313

Chapter 37 DNA 325

Chapter 38 The Human Being 337

Chapter 39 The Soul 349

Epilogue 365

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