Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy

I live near the city of Saint Louis, Missouri. As I was commuting home from my job one evening, I habitually tuned into the local National Public Radio station. The in-progress programming was an interview with the author of this book, as he was promoting his tour that was in support of this book. I only caught the last half-hour of the program. However. This IS an issue that almost certainly affects the vast majority of the citizens of the nation that is held within the focus of this book. So naturally that would include myself, my dear family, both my nuclear and extended family--by direct consequence of my own action and inaction, this applies--and even coworkers and acquaintances. I have personally travelled the path that is the evolution of an addiction. I have directly been involved with the cause of personal harms, unfortunate consequences, and the subsequent self-destruction of my own actions upon others and to my self. And all in the name of self medication. And for what? Read this book with an open mind, free of judgement. Read this book with a closed mind, shackled by prejudice. Read this book and you WILL be changed.

A real life look at addiction through the eyes of a concerned father who's own expieriences sought the truth about addiction. Davis Sheffs research was able to help me awnser questions I have been contemplating my whole life. He has inspired me and given me hope. This is a MUST READ book for anyone effected by addiction or anyone working in addiction science.

Having a son going through addiction recovery is a process for the addict as well as the parent. This book is a honest, gut wrenching story of how it feels to travel the road with your child and the experiences that give insight to the reader. It was hard to put down.