Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery by Adam B. Hill

Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery
Adam B. Hill
Page: 224
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9781949481228
Publisher: Central Recovery Press, LLC
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A physician shares the darkest depths of his depression, suicidal ideation, addiction, and the important lessons he learned through years of personal recovery. Pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician Dr. Adam B. Hill suffered despair and disillusionment with the culture of medicine, culminating in a spiral of depression, alcoholism, and an active suicidal plan. Then while in recovery from active addiction, he lost a colleague to suicide, further revealing the extent of the secrecy and broken systems contributing to an epidemic of professional distress within the medical field. By sharing his harrowing story, Dr. Hill helps identify the barriers and obstacles standing in the way of mental health recovery, while pleading for a revolutionary new approach to how we treat individuals in substance use recovery. In fighting stereotypes/stigma and teaching vulnerability, compassion, and empathy, Hill’s work is being lauded as a road map for better practices at a time when medical professionals around the world are struggling in silence.

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