Broken My Story of Addiction And Redemption

From rock bottom to recoverythe 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. "Broken" tells the story of what happened between then and nowfrom 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, "Broken" paints 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, "Broken" emerges into the clear light of Moyerss 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 addictionand an honest and inspiring account that proves the spiritual insight that we are strongest at the broken places.Moyers, William Cope is the author of 'Broken My Story of Addiction And Redemption', published 2006 under ISBN 9780670037896 and ISBN 0670037893.