In 1972, Tom Batiuk created a comic strip about high school student, Funky Winkerbean, and his pals. Today the characters are adults and the comic strip explores sensitive, real-life issues such as breast cancer, teen pregnancy, and addiction. My Name is Funky … and I'm an Alcoholic chronicles the three-year plot line of Funky Winkerbean's slide into alcoholism and his eventual recovery. Readers see how Funky's marriage, friendships, and work begin to suffer as drinking takes center stage in his life. Readers also learn about how an intervention works when Funky's friends confront him and urge him to seek addiction treatment. Readers also get a glimpse into what happens in a treatment program, how Twelve Step meetings work, and just how easy it is to relapse. In the end, readers experience the promise of recovery by witnessing Funky's commitment to living one day at a time.
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In addition to Funky Winkerbean, Tom Batiuk is the creator of two other nationally syndicated comic strips: John Darling, the adventures of a fictional talk-show host, and Crankshaft, based on an irascible school bus driver. Batiuk's comic strips have been collected in 22 full-length books. His focus on social issues such as alcoholism, teen pregnancy, and breast cancer has put him at the forefront of comic art history.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Look for the drawing of Bill W's house inside this book,
By A reader in recovery (MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Name is Funky... and I'm An Alcoholic: A Story About Alcoholism and Recovery (Paperback)
I've been a Funky fan since the 1970's. I had always thought it would be cool for the storyline of Funky's alcoholism to be published in a book like Lisa's Story. Humor is a key to healing from addiction. What better format than a comic strip?
It's especially fitting that Tom Batiuk is from Akron Ohio, the birthplace of AA. In one panel there's a street scene where readers who are AA members will recognize Bill W.'s house. Overall, the story is sensitive, respectful, realistic, and has the rare ability to make you laugh with a catch in your throat. Read it for yourself or if you're concerned about someone you love.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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an important pictorial rendition of alcoholism,
By Mary Kirtz (Oberlin Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Name is Funky... and I'm An Alcoholic: A Story About Alcoholism and Recovery (Paperback)
Tom Batiuk has never been afraid to tackle big issues in his comic strips, framing serious problems like teen pregnancies, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, and now alcoholism within a gently humorous context. In addition to being entertaining, he is both informative and accurate when dealing with the kinds of problems faced by every one of us at one point or another in our lives. His daily comic strips, when rendered into book form, are as good as any graphic novel out there.
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This review is from: My Name is Funky... and I'm An Alcoholic: A Story About Alcoholism and Recovery (Paperback)
I happen to have some experience in 12-step work, and find this book to be well written and the resource listings to be a fantastic addition. I appreciate Mr. Battiuk's ability to find a way to shed some light on this disease, and to add some humor to it. One thing said in the rooms of one 12-Step Program is "don't take yourself too seriously", and another is "just because you're sober, doesn't mean you've stopped having fun".
Trust me - I have far, far more fun without alcohol than I ever thought possible, and would never go back.
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