Up From Down : A True Story of Recovery from Addiction

<p><em>Up from Down</em> is not a book about gloom and doom, but an inspirational book that offers hope to all who have faltered.

Strung out on heroin, Ted Adamson began his journey with a SWAT team descending on a pharmacy to stop his wild rampage in search of drugs.

From the cruelty in the county jail to race riots in state prison, the hard, gritty life of a drug addict is portrayed in all its real-world ugliness and despair.

Join Ted as he gives us a picture of what the life of a junkie is really like.</p><p>Look inside the dark side of drug treatment programs.

From the bizarre therapies of the Synanon-like Family to the modern twelve-step programs, you will see what passes as treatment in the modern recovery movement. <em>Up from Down</em> takes readers to the depths of human degradation then brings them back through a journey of redemption.</p>