{"product_id":"2940012960504","title":"The Ultimate Pursuit","description":"fter high school graduation, Carl enlisted in the U.S. Navy, was assigned to Guam and there in a dorm found himself being offered heroin  for the first time. After multiple refusals to get high, he gave in once, which launched a 15-year downward spiral in his life. Carl became entrenched in the drug world as a heroin and cocaine user, smuggling drugs and living only for his next fix.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonal experiences are brought to life from inside his maximum-security prison. \"Drugs took me where I did not want to go, made me stay there longer than I wanted to stay, demanding more of me than I wanted to give.\" He communicates what it felt like to be homeless, hopeless, and a convict lost on the very streets he grew up on. He did not care whether he lived or died... but a much higher power did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen all hope was lost and it looked as if he would die a dope fiend, an old friend wrote him in a letter while in prison about a Christian program called Teen Challenge. Here he would be loved, taught the Bible, and how to live a life free from drugs and the horrible life he knew. This poignant, true-life story will grip your heart as you journey with a man on The Ultimate Pursuit.","brand":"eBookIt.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145486582000,"sku":"2940012960504","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012960504_p0.jpg?v=1763574627","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012960504","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}