{"product_id":"9781479798575","title":"The Road To Destruction Has An Exit: My Journey Through Alcohol Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e     At birth, I was brought home in a limousine. I was born into affluence, an influential family and a promising future. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     At age thirteen, I had my first drink. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     My high school years were full of fun, friends, success in athletics and respect. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     I drank. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     In my twenties and thirties, I owned an advertising agency, a catering business, a used car dealership, acquired my pilot’s license, a thirty foot     Winnebago, sail boats, a home, a wife, and three kids. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     I drank more. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     In my forties, I lost my advertising business, my catering business, my car business, my pilot’s license, my driver’s license and got my first DUI. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     I drank more even after admitting I was an alcoholic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     My early fifties found me becoming general manager and Vice President of a multi-million dollar manufacturing company. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     My drinking increased from alcoholism to addiction. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     At age fifty-five I was cuffed and shackled in a caged bus to two years in prison with a felony 5 DUI record. My wife filed for divorce, I lost my job and     lost my financial security through bad investments and legal fees. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     I found the exit off this road to destruction. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e     At fifty-seven I am happy, spiritual, sober, believing in myself again and blessed with the return of my family, my home and my dreams. Get in and ride     with me on my journey to sobriety and salvation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136105693424,"sku":"9781479798575","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479798575_p0.jpg?v=1763618328","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479798575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}