{"product_id":"9781937612306","title":"From Harvard to Hell...and Back: A Doctor¿s Journey through Addiction to Recovery","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Sylvester \"Skip\" Sviokla lived life as a successful, driven, athletic, and brilliant graduate of Harvard Medical School, reveling in wealth and glamour as a \"celebrity doctor\" until addiction brought his life crashing down. This real-life \"Dr. House\" had it all (he thought) until addiction took everything. Miraculously, recovery gave him back his family, his self-respect, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe media is filled with celebrity addiction stories, so people will be drawn to the author’s experience as a “doctor to the stars.” Having attended the most famous university and medical school in the world, Dr. Sviokla’s story will also be relevant to a larger audience, including medical professionals and those seeking answers about addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvester \"Skip\" Sviokla III, MD\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a 1967 graduate of Harvard College (where he was a two-year starter on the football team, culminating in his receiving one vote for the 1966 Heisman Trophy and an offer to try out for the Chicago Bears) and a 1972 graduate of Harvard Medical School. He was owner and medical director of Skip Sviokla Entertainment Medicine, Inc. and of Medical Weight Management, Inc., in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKerry Zukus \u003c\/strong\u003eis an alumnus of Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied composition and arranging while appearing as an actor in theaters all over New England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Central Recovery Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167425446128,"sku":"9781937612306","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937612306_p0.jpg?v=1763662206","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937612306","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}