Reflections In Recovery: The Attributes of Being Average

Reflections in Recovery is a twenty-year autobiographical journey of enticement, enslavement, and finally escape from the bondage of alcohol and drugs.Reflections in Recovery describes the path this ex-addict (ten years clean), and currently practicing MSW (Master of Social Work), took to freedom. It may be a path your loved one can also travel. An ounce of prevention is cheaper than a pound of cure. This story may become their fork in the road, their key to unlock the chains of bondage that is addiction.

Ten years ago Ed Houston was homeless, a full time heroin addict with a hundred dollar a day habit. Ed has been free of drugs and alcohol for ten years. He enrolled at Los Angeles City College in 1996 and graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree in Psychology in 1999. He is past Vice-President and President of the Cal State Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Black Social Workers. He graduated from Cal State Los Angeles with a B.A., and a Master of Social Work degree.