A Dance With Shadows; The Journey Beyond Sexual Abuse, Addiction and Chemical Imbalance
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 148023740X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 510 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Recovery and psychosis.
"A Story of Healing and Redemption" according to Sara B. "A Dance with Shadows" is a beautiful book, managing to be both intensely sad and intensely hopeful. I appreciated it on many levels: as someone who grew up in the Pacific Northwest around the same time as the author, as a mother, as someone who has experienced personal struggles, and as a human being. I also read this book through the professional lens of my role as a Child and Family T. Courageous! My reluctance to revisit this writer's painful past was met with an even stronger curiosity to travel with him on this journey. He gave me the opportunity to view it through his experience and perspective. In this writing, he describes the absences from our family's life while he was in active addiction, treatment centers, half-way houses, dark depression and imprisonment, with honesty a. "A MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS INSPIRATION" according to Tonja J. Adreon. I received this book one day and completed reading it in three days. Eric has a way of writing that pulls you into his book; his thoughts; his ups and downs; his pain and HIS journey. I have read many books that I truly enjoyed, but this book will stay with you always. That is how good it is and how the book touches you to your core. This book will uplift you and inspire you all at once.
From Kirkus Reviews “A troubled man from the Pacific Northwest grapples with sex and drug addiction in this candid, auspicious debut memoir… Adreon’s shadowy youth is a moving depiction of deep friendship, faith and therapy in a strange, terrifying realm that seems nearly impossible for its inhabitants to escape… Honest and penitent, Adreon’s patient, Zen-like voice is saturated with poetry and hope, a testament in itself to his eventual triumph.”