Healing and Hope

A moving account of six former alcoholics and Betty Ford graduatesamong them a teacher a housewife and a gang memberwith 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 lives was just to die...It was one hell of a legacy.Laurette. Laurettes story is remarkable but shes not alone. She is one of six women in Healing and Hope who experienced the pain and devastation of addictionand managed to break free. Originally brought together by the Betty Ford Centers twentieth-anniversary reunion these women share their poignant stories in this book. Their combined voices create a groundbreaking and ultimately triumphant memoir that lays bare the destructive power of addiction.