J.Trent

A Drunk to Sober Story of Poems is a raw, honest collection about alcoholism, recovery, grief, friendship, and the quiet moments that can save a life. J. Trent writes from lived experience-liquor-store parking lots, promises that dissolved by sundown, mornings of shame, and the exhausting cycle of trying to quit alone. But this is also a story of unexpected grace: a stranger's three simple words, a conversation beside an old Dodge Dart, late-night coffee after meetings, and the people who stayed long enough to help one man believe he could stay sober too.
Told in direct, plainspoken poems, these pages do not offer easy answers or polished redemption. They offer the truth: addiction takes what it can, recovery requires help, and one sober day can become a life beyond recognition. Funny in the dark places, heartbreaking in the honest ones, and deeply hopeful throughout, A Drunk to Sober Story of Poems is for anyone trying to get sober, loving someone who is struggling, grieving someone they lost, or simply needing proof that it is never too late to begin again.