Understanding Drug and Alcohol Addiction: An LDS Perspective

As a missionary in the LDS Addiction Recovery Program, Merlin O. Baker brings unique insight into the pain and despair that addicts and their families endure because of the curse of alcohol and drug addiction. This book provides a comprehensive gospel-oriented perspective on addiction and recovery:

* Roots of addiction
* Personal, familial, and social impact of substance abuse
* Recovery options including the Twelve Step LDS Addiction Recovery Program
* What you need to know about protecting your children
* Treatment and recovery.

In addition, this book includes extensive recommendations for further reading and informational web sites. The stories in Understanding Alcohol and Drug Addiction give you insight, compassion, and hope about one of our most daunting challenges to our well-being.

Key Features:

* Provides a comprehensive gospel-oriented perspective on addiction and recovery.
* Topics include roots of addiction, recovery options, and what you need to know about protecting your children.
* Includes extensive recommendations for further reading and informational Web sites.

Merlin O. Baker is a graduate of Brigham Young University. After graduation he served in the Counter Intelligence Corps of the United States Army for twenty-one months. He received a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Chicago Law School and was elected to the Editorial Board of the University of Chicago Law Review.

He practiced law with the law firms of Sidley & Austin in Chicago, Illinois and Ray, Quinney & Nebeker in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has served as a member and also as Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School.

He served as president of the Canada-Halifax Mission which encompasses the four Atlantic provinces of Canada. He and his wife, Marian Johnson Baker, have seven children.