This Force of Memory: A Surgeon's Story of Addiction

By Noah Paine

Doctors fix people. They might get their hands a little bloody in the process, but they get the job done. At least that's what we expect of them. But what happens when a physician breaks or become ill? Can't they just fix themselves? Is it even possible? Once a physician becomes ill or mentally broken, are they done, lepers for life? This Force of Memory chronicles a surgeon's spiral into addiction. It is a memoir of a physician who becomes an addict after experiencing the horrors of medical error and PTSD first hand. For a surgeon it is almost incomprehensible that the current/best addiction treatment programs have a "spiritual" basis. But they do. This Force of Memory explores the medical/spiritual paradox that is the essence of modern addiction treatment. It is the memoir of a surgeon who, to his own surprise, discovers a healing mechanism quite removed from the operating room.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503090086
• ISBN13: 9781503090088
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.3"