{"product_id":"from-harvard-to-helland-back-sylvester-sviokla-9781937612290","title":"From Harvard to Hell...and Back: A Doctor's Journey Through Addiction to Recovery","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Harvard-educated doctor loses everything, but gains his life. Now he bring the message of recovery to other addicts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cb\u003eSylvester \"Skip\" Sviokla III, MD\u003c\/b\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\u003cb\u003eKerry Zukus\u003c\/b\u003e is 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvester Sviokla, Kerry Zukus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937612295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937612290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Recovery Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2013","brand":"Sylvester Sviokla","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989552136447,"sku":"9781937612290","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3152377c-fbe7-444f-863f-0a8431ad32a5.jpg?v=1683300157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-harvard-to-helland-back-sylvester-sviokla-9781937612290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}