800 Meters: A Journey of Addiction, Recovery and Redemption
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0979737400 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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His wild ride ended with an arrest and a prison term, where he slowly got back in touch with reality, his purpose in life and the son he d hardly known. His inspiring book is a must-read for parents, educators, addicts and young people who think, It will never happen to me.. He watched his friends ruin their lives. In and out of jail, no longer possessing even a driver s license, the one-time star runner now ran from the law and from the demons that drove him. 800 METERS A Journey of Addiction, Recovery and Redemption. Married with a daughter, he wants to use his experiences to bring nationwide awareness to the need for drug treatment programs that are not just reactive but proactive. Even a son born out of wedlock could not break Mikael s addiction. But his spiral into drug addiction destroyed everything Mikael valued. Mikael Luman had it all: good friends, a loving family and an outstanding future as an athlete. Now, Mikael s told the whole story in an ho
He is the founder of A Generation Free, a foundation advocating life-skills education. For more information see generationfree. Mikael Luman lives in Beaverton, Oregon with his wife, Amanda and daughter, Mikaila.
Mikael Luman is living proof that you don t have to die from drug addiction; there is a solution! Help and recovery are possible! --Neil Scott, producer/host of RECOVERY - Coast to Coast . The only thing more incredible than Mikael Luman s descent into destruction and near death, is his incredible recovery and powerful desire to help others
Entertaining, but definitly not about recovery I thought the book was entertaining. but that is really abouth the extent of it. He spends 95% of the book telling "war stories" about his debauchery and drug use, but really not his drug addiction. There is very little information about what his family goes through and only mentions them as characters in his exciting stories. He definitly is not a great writer but, that also confirms for me that he wrote it himself, which is a positive. He could of summed up what took him hundreds of pages in the following, I got c. Jen P. said INSPIRING!!!!!!!!!. I ordered this book and had it sent to my brother in jail. He has now read it twice and is so inspired by Mikael's story that he now wants to change his own life and follow in Mikael's footsteps of recovery. It's a life changing story for anyone who needs that extra push and inspiration to work through their addiction. I have now ordered a copy for myself too and can't wait to read it!. Jeremy Cain said destruction of a life. Life turns quickly, sometimes too quickly. This story, this true-life story shows us how a person who has everything going for them can fall into a hellish and lonely life of addiction and destruction. Mikael's story begins in high-school but soon spills into the party life and into the underground drug scene that became his world. His demons followed him, haunting him and destroying relationships with his best friends and even his family. His drug deals became larger, his friends became shadier. The lonelier he bec