Driven by Pain, Changed by Grace: The gritty sequel to Peter Lyndon-James book, Tough Love

Following on from Tough Love, Peter Lyndon-James offers a darker, grittier and more detailed insight into his past in his second book, Driven by Pain, Changed by Grace.

With the same disarming, plain-spoken honesty, Peter leaves no stone unturned in relating his experiences with drugs, crime, violence, suicide and sexual abuse in a dark narrative that is painful to read, yet impossible to put down. From his early childhood, Peter recounts a heart-breaking tale of abandonment, neglect and abuse that would forge the broken sense of self that drove his drug addiction and criminal lifestyle for years to come.

Peter entered adulthood as a volatile, violent man intent on a destructive path that would lead him and his wife Amanda on a nomadic crime-spree across Australia, barely a step ahead of the law.

Despite the dark world he inhabited, a series of inexplicable incidents opened Peter's heart to something that would ultimately lead him to become one of Australia's most effective healers of men and families broken by life-controlling addiction. As founder and CEO of Australia's largest and strictest rehab, Peter's life has transformed beyond recognition, in effect changing the lives of countless others as he continues his quest to serve a greater purpose.

PETER LYNDON-JAMES helps people break free from life controlling issues, such as meth and other drugs, bringing them to the point where they want to change and make the decision to turn their life around so badly, that they will finally stop taking drugs.Peter received a WA State Local Hero Award in 2018. Coming from a broken home, he was in and out of prisons from the age of nine, and addicted to drugs for 26 years. In 2002, this one-time career criminal left jail for the last time, studied theology and spent five years as a volunteer chaplain at Acacia Prison. In 2012, he opened Shalom House in Perth's Swan Valley. Peter's 100 percent self-funded program helps men, women and families struggling with addictions and any life-controlling issue. Peter works intensively with program residents to help them face their demons, identify past failures and establish future goals. His system is working, and today he leads a team of up to 100 staff and volunteers. Peter has been married to Amanda for 27 years and has three children and eight grandchildren. www.toughlovebook.com.au and www.shalomhouse.com.au