BrokenBroken
My Story of Addiction and Redemption
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Current format, Unknown, 2006, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsFrom rock bottom to recoveryÂthe son of veteran broadcaster Bill Moyers chronicles his life- shattering battle with addiction and the hard-won fight for recovery William Cope Moyers has come a long, long way. In 1994, he lay on the floor of an Atlanta crack house. His father had put together a search party. His worried family waited at home where Moyers had left them when he embarked on yet another binge. From that lowly, drug-hazed night, Moyers went on to become an executive at the Hazelden Foundation and travels far and wide to talk about addiction and treatment.Brokentells the story of what happened between then and nowÂfrom growing up the privileged son of Bill Moyers to his descent into alcoholism and drug addiction, his numerous stabs at getting clean, his many relapses, and how he managed to survive. Harrowing and wrenching, Brokenpaints a picture of a man with every advantage who nonetheless found himself spiraling into a dark and life-threatening abyss. But unlike other memoirs of its kind, Brokenemerges into the clear light of MoyersÂs recovery as he dedicates his life to changing the politics of addiction. Beautifully written with a deep underlying spirituality, this is a missive of hope for the scores of Americans struggling with addictionÂand an honest and inspiring account that proves the spiritual insight that we are strongest at the broken places.
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- New York : Viking, [2006], ©2006
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