{"product_id":"2940011420573","title":"It Cost Me an Arm and a Leg","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, I was a drug addict and alcoholic when I nearly died in a car bombing. My book is called “It cost me an arm and a leg”. I'll let you guess why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of how I found my way from a middle class upbringing into addiction, violence and crime. I got mixed up with motorcycle gangs, criminals and almost died more times than I can remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, at thirty years old, a culmination of events brought me to recovery. CA, NA, and AA meetings were my salvation those first few years clean. It is not your typical AA story because I stopped going to meetings after five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 1994. Five years later, I was successfully treated for it but became acutely depressed while taking Rebetron. Under any other circumstances, I would have refused anti-depressants but this was different. The hepatitis is \"cured\" and I am still on Paxil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor twenty four years, I have developed coping skills I never had the chance to learn because I started doing drugs so young. I grew up and took responsibility for my life, entered therapy whenever I felt stuck, got married, made new friends and learned to sing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am still married, have two dogs and live in suburbia. I struggle with health issues but life is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI did it and so can others. It isn't easy but it is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote: Some names have been changed to protect me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nancy Kitka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164199764208,"sku":"2940011420573","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011420573_p0.jpg?v=1763943573","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011420573","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}