Qualification A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps
Qualification A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps by David Heatley is an illustrated graphic memoir published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on October 1, 2019. This 416-page book delves into the author’s experiences with addiction and his ironic relationship with 12-Step programs, all presented through stark and engaging artwork. Heatley reflects on his troubled childhood, marked by the struggles of his parents, and his own journey through various support groups, revealing the complexities of his life and the impact of these programs.
Readers will find a blend of humor and honesty as Heatley navigates his experiences with Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and other groups, often attending meetings for issues he does not face. The memoir offers insights into personal memoirs, psychology, and the intricacies of addiction, while exploring the relationships he forms along the way. Through this graphic narrative, Heatley confronts both his family’s dynamics and his own challenges, resulting in a multifaceted exploration of identity and recovery.
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From the author of My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down, a new graphic memoir brimming with black humor, which explores the ultimate irony: the author’s addiction to 12-Step programs.
“Say what you mean, but don’t say it mean.” —12-Step aphorism
David Heatley had an unquestionably troubled and eccentric childhood: father a sexually repressed alcoholic, mother an overworked compulsive overeater. Then David’s parents enter the world of 12-step programs and find a sense of support and community. It seems to help. David, meanwhile, grows up struggling with his own troublesome sexual urges and seeking some way to make sense of it all. Eventually he starts attending meetings too. Alcoholics Anonymous. Overeaters Anonymous. Debtors Anonymous. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous. More and more meetings. Meetings for issues he doesn’t have.
With stark, sharply drawn art and unflinching honesty, David Heatley explores the strange and touching relationships he develops, and the truths about himself and his family he is forced to confront, while “working” an ever-increasing number of programs. The result is a complicated, unsettling, and hilarious journey—of far more than 12 steps.
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