Publisher's Synopsis
Addiction has always been linked with a stigma, a negative perception that only people who come from broken families and poor neighborhoods end up relying on substances to face their harsh reality.
But the truth is far from this, and this personal memoir is here to show how different things are. This personal story takes readers on a journey through the darkest moments of the author's life, highlights his struggles with addiction, and explains how he managed to rise again and find his way back to soberness and happiness. With raw honesty and heartfelt emotion, the author describes the details of his descent into heroin addiction, the challenges he faced along the way, and how he managed to find hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. After over a decade of being clean and sober, and as he now oversees a program helping people like him, Michael wishes to turn this story of survival into a beacon of hope and support. This book about addiction and recovery seeks to help:
