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Broken
- My Story of Addiction and Redemption
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Today, William Cope Moyers has been sober for 12 years. He is the vice president of external affairs at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and other drug addiction. He uses his own experiences to carry the message about addiction and recovery into the public arena, and he reaches out to addicted people and their families who need help.
In Broken, Moyers tells the story of a love affair with alcohol and crack cocaine that led him to the brink of death over and over again. A harrowing account, it paints a picture of a young man with every advantage who found himself spiraling into a dark abyss. Battling shame and self-doubt at every turn, the author finally emerges into the clear light of recovery as he dedicates his life to changing the politics of addiction. He urges others like himself to speak out and battle against the stigma that keeps many addicts from seeking recovery. Moyers' story is a missive of hope for millions of Americans struggling with addiction, and an honest and inspiring account that is both wrenching and ultimately redemptive.
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What the critics say
"William Cope Moyers's lucid, measured tale of his own plunge into crack-addled hell [is] frightening in its very realism." (USA Today)
"A memoir of a terrible disease and one man's spiritual journey through it ... that should be read by those who have friends or family members caught in addiction." (The Indianapolis Star)
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- margaret brown
- 2022-08-08
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If you only read one book about the topic of recovery let this be it.
I have read many books on this subject but none so beautifully written from the beginning of this book he draws you in and compels to keep reading to see what happens to him this is truly an a book full of hope.
I know anyone struggling with this thing called addiction will read it . I am a member of this community and wish I had read this book a long time ago
Margaret B
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