Healing and Hope
Six Women from the Betty Ford Center Share Their Powerful Journeys of Addiction
$44.85
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2004
Summary
“A moving account of six former alcoholics and Betty Ford graduates-among them a teacher, a housewife and a gang member-with commentary from Ford herself.”-Self”There was a lot of drinking and codependence in my extended family. Sitting in my jail cell, I thought about how many funerals I had attended over the years of family members whose lives had ended in violence or suicide. I never once heard of them getting help. There was never any mention of AA. The only way out of their terrible live…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780425198308 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0425198308 |
| Author: | Betty Ford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 154mm x 20mm |
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Praise for Healing and Hope
“What makes this book so remarkable is the commentary throughout by former First Lady Ford. Profound in its societal implications, the book is also a very good read. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal
“A behind-the-scenes look at what actually happens during treatment at the center and the struggle for sobriety.”—New York Sun
“[An] important book.”—Larry King
“With its six powerful stories and Ford’s warm, authoritative overview, this is a solid popular introduction to the experience of recovery from addiction.”—Booklist
About The Author
Betty Ford
During her time as First Lady, Betty Ford was renowned for her honesty and openness. Mrs. Ford’s candor didn’t stop once she left the White House. In 1978, she revealed to the world her courageous struggle to recover from an addiction to alcohol and prescription pills. Resolving to help others deal with the disease of addiction, Mrs. Ford, along with Ambassador Leonard Firestone, co-founded the nonprofit Betty Ford Center in 1982, in Rancho Mirage, California. She died in 2011.
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