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The Mayor of Rock Bottom
An Addict’s Journey Toward Hope
By: Karl W Berg
Karl learns early how to escape.
As a boy growing up beneath the weight of shame, cruelty, and isolation, he discovers that anything capable of changing how he feels can become a refuge. Sugar. Stealing. Alcohol. Drugs. Attention. With every new escape, the pain grows quieter—and the consequences grow louder.
What begins as a child’s desperate attempt not to feel becomes a relentless descent through addiction, dishonesty, crime, broken relationships, and spiritual despair. Karl keeps running until there is nowhere left to go but rock bottom.
Yet rock bottom is not the end.
In the wreckage, unexpected people offer him something he has almost forgotten how to recognize: grace. Through recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, faith, accountability, and the difficult work of forgiveness, Karl begins rebuilding not merely a sober life, but a character he can finally live with.
Raw, unsparing, and ultimately hopeful, The Mayor of Rock Bottom is an intimate journey through the destructive power of addiction and the extraordinary possibility of redemption—one honest choice, one surrendered moment, and one day at a time.
About The Author
Karl W Berg continues to live a life in recovery and faith. He does extensive public speaking at AA meetings and treatment centers. He resides in the Northwest.…
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From childhood shame and secret escapes to crime, addiction, and devastating loss, Karl W. Berg traces a life spent outrunning pain. The Mayor of Rock Bottom is a raw, faith-centered journey through self-destruction, accountability, forgiveness, and the hard-won hope of lasting recovery.
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ISBN 13 (SOFT): 9781665793407
ISBN 13 (eBook): 9781665793414
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