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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives.
For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled life-threatening drug and alcohol addictions. Now in recovery for more than 25 years, he works to effect change and raise global awareness of addiction in nonprofit, private, and government circles, serving as the goodwill ambassador for drug dependence treatment and care for the United Nations.
For the first time, Recover to Live brings together all of the most effective self-care treatments for the seven most toxic compulsions affecting every culture on the planet today--alcohol dependence, drug dependence, eating disorders, gambling, hoarding, smoking, sex, and porn.
In Recover to Live , more than 100 of the world's top experts interviewed by Lawford share their research and wisdom on how to determine if your bad habit is becoming a dependency, what treatments will work best for you, how best to help yourself or a loved one recover from addiction, and how to lead a fulfilling and productive life in recovery.
Christopher Kennedy Lawford was born in Santa Monica, California on March 29, 1955. He received a bachelor's degree from Tufts University, a law degree from Boston College Law School, and a master's certification in clinical psychology from Harvard Medical School.
He struggled with drug addiction from a young age and wrote several books about his recovery including Symptoms of Withdrawal, Moments of Clarity, and Recover to Live. He became a public health advocate. He was a member of California's Public Health Advisory Committee since 2009 and was named a Goodwill Ambassador on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care by the United Nations in 2011. He also worked as a public advocacy consultant to Caron Treatment Centers, which runs rehabilitation programs.
He acted in the late 1980s and had parts in television shows including Frasier and The O.C. and in films including Terminator 3. He died from a heart attack on September 4, 2018 at the age of 63.
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