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Moments Of Clarity: Voices From The Front Lines Of Addiction And Recovery (2008)

by Christopher Kennedy Lawford(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061456217 (ISBN13: 9780061456213)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: I heard an interview with Christopher on the radio and discovered he is the UN Ambassdor for drug recovery. He had a lot of very interesting things to say about people who are facing this illness, I was impressed enough to get this book out of the library. Amazing stories of courage and determination. Worth a read. If you knew nothing about the battle addicts face this book is a good starting point.
review 2: Ok, I get it. We in recovery all have a story to tell. Although I can "identify" with Jamie Lee Curtis's addiction to Vicodin, I found the rest of the book very dry (if you will pardon the pun). Half of the people that shared their stories, I didn't even know and those that I did, I found it difficult to read through. Maybe it's because I don't have a hou... morese in Malibu and never won an Oscar, but I find I enjoy "war stories" from us "little people" : people who had everything and lost it all and are clawing our way back out into the light. It's hard, for me to take anyone seriously who was in and out of a $5,000.00 a day rehab like they were going to the supermarket to pick up milk and then went home to their huge house, adoring and supportive public and a million dollar bank account. God bless, Mr. Lawford for all the help he has done in bring addiction AND recovery to the public (yes, I do get a bit weepy at those Goodwill commercials), but maybe you should stick to your day job. I'm just saying. less

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