Top executives share their stories of addiction and recovery By Gary Stromberg and Jane Merrill McGraw Hill, $15.95 During the sixties and seventies Gary Stromberg, a brash Los Angeles press agent and movie producer, toured the world with the likes of the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Three Dog Night and others and shared their appetite for women and dope — mostly heroin, cocaine, pot, and alcohol. Three years ago Stromberg, a recovering alcoholic, wrote a book with Jane Merrill … [Read more...]
Alcoholism and Addiction Cure
A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery How to heal the underlying causes How to end relapse How to end suffering By Chris Prentiss Power Press, $15.95 Chris Prentiss, who operates a pricey treatment center in Malibu called Passages, has been running numerous spots on TV urging people to buy his book, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure. Concerned about what seemed to be extravagant claims inherent in the title, I bought the book on Amazon and settled down for a read. My conclusion? It’s … [Read more...]
How Starbucks Saved My Life
By Michael Gates Gill (Gotham Books, 265 pages $23) It could be the plot off an uplifting movie starring say, Tom Hanks. The fortunes of a man from a privileged background take a sharp downward turn when he loses a high-powered corporate position and destroys his marriage in middle age. Unemployed and unhappy he has a chance encounter with a young black manager at a coffee bar and a job offer follows. The result? Our hero, now in his 60’s, finds happiness while toiling at Starbucks … [Read more...]
From the jungles of Vietnam to rescue at Delancey Street
The Reverend James M. Lamb, clinical supervisor over substance abuse treatment at Varner Prison in Grady, Arkansas, and at one time associated with San Francisco county jails and San Quentin state prison in California, discovered alcohol and drugs when he was 15. They took control of him for the next 29 years. Lamb, who wrote, “The Power to Change,” a book about addiction and recovery, is writing a second book, “The Revelation of Power,” focusing on biblical tools for recovery along … [Read more...]
X-Rated to G-Rated Lifestyle
An autobiography by Kandi Rose Shepherds Rose Publishing The message on my e-mail on a late August morning read in part, “I’m a former stripper and prostitute who had multiple addictions and once owned my own Strip-O-Gram business in the Chicago area.” It sought my public support for her autobiography, “X-Rated to G-Rated Life Style” and concluded, “whatever your answer, I will take as God’s will.” It was signed “Kandi Rose.” Kandi, who operates a Thrift Store in a small Arkansas town, had … [Read more...]
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