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"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 CorrespondentFollow 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 addictionhow the same energy, obsession, and dedication that can create an Olympic athlete can also create a homeless drug addict.
List of contents
Foreword
Introduction
Prologue: Fibula
Chapter One: Sacrum
Chapter Two: Lungs
Chapter Three: Digitus Impudicus
Chapter Four: Heart
Chapter Five: Lacrimal Bone
Chapter Six: Blood
Chapter Seven: Phalanges
Chapter Eight: Voice Box
Chapter Nine: Ulna Nerve
Chapter Ten: Muscles
Chapter Eleven: Hair and Nails
Chapter Twelve: Skull
Chapter Thirteen: Ear
Chapter Fourteen: Teeth
Chapter Fifteen: Skin
Chapter Sixteen: Ligaments and Tendons
Chapter Seventeen: Eyes
Chapter Eighteen: Radial and Ulna Bones
Chapter Nineteen: Anatomical Snuff Box
Chapter Twenty: Liver
Chapter Twenty-One: Tongue
Chapter Twenty-Two: Synapses
Chapter Twenty-Three: Calvarias
Chapter Twenty-Four: Plasma
Chapter Twenty-Five: Cell
Chapter Twenty-Six: Adipose
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Innominate
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Pubic Bone
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Cerebrum
Chapter Thirty: Pituitary Gland Part 1
Chapter Thirty-One: Achilles
Chapter Thirty-Two: Fibula
Chapter Thirty-Three: Platelet
Chapter Thirty-Four: Central Nervous System
Chapter Thirty-Five: Umbilical Cord
Chapter Thirty-Six: The Mind
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Spinal Column
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Tibia
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Pituitary Gland Part 2
Chapter Forty: DNA
Chapter Forty-One: Human Body
Chapter Forty-Two: The Soul
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.
