Time Is All We Have: Four Weeks at the Betty Ford Center

Conrad, Barnaby

ISBN 10: 0877958351 / ISBN 13: 9780877958352

Published by William Morrow & Co (edition 1), 1989

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With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time Is All We Have: Four Weeks at the Betty Ford Center
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877958351
• ISBN 13: 9780877958352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

The author recounts his battle with alcoholism, focusing on his treatment at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, describing the day-to-day care, the preparation of patients for the outside world, and the important after-care program

Reviews

Betty Ford's doctor, Joseph Pursch, states in a foreword that this is the best book on alcoholism and drug addiction treatment that he has read. It is among the best written by the author of Matador and some 17 other books. Conrad at age 63 was an alcoholic who had failed in his attempts to stop drinking. Then he entered the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, run on Alcoholics Anonymous principles by recovering addicts. In Conrad's candid, comprehensive account, readers virtually live the patients' experiences. Accounts of his progress and that of fellow alcoholics are interspersed with poignant reflections on F. Scott Fitzgerald and other authors destroyed by drinking. But his concentration in the book is primarily on the people responsible for the center's signal successes. Among them is the former First Lady, no figurehead, but actively engaged in helping other recovering addicts.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This is an account of a noted author's lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his decision, at age 63, to enter a four-week alcoholism treatment program at the prestigious Betty Ford Center. Conversational in tone and narrative in form, the book describes Conrad's day-to-day experiences as an inpatient at the center. His comments regarding fellow patients and his insights into his own behavior will be meaningful to the recovering alcoholic. Others will get a glimpse of what life is really like in what is considered by many to be the most successful alcoholic treatment center in the world. Barbara J. Powell, Psychology Div . , VA Medical Ctr., Kansas City, Mo.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.