The Addicted Lawyer: Tales of the Bar, Booze, Blow, and Redemption

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Brian Cuban used to be a successful lawyer—and an addict. 

Brian Cuban used to be living a lie. With a famous last name and a successful career as a lawyer, Brian used to be in a position to hide his clinical depression and alcohol and cocaine addictions—for a at the same time as. 

Today, as an inspirational speaker in long-term recovery, Brian looks back on his journey with honesty, compassion, and even humor as he reflects both on what he has learned about himself and his career choice and how the legal profession enables addiction. His demons, which date to his childhood, controlled him through failed marriages and stays in a psychiatric facility, until they brought him to the brink of suicide. That used to be his warning sign. That is his story.

Brian also takes an in-depth have a look at why there may be this type of high percentage of problematic alcohol use and other mental health issues in the legal profession. What types of therapies work? Are 12-step programs the only answer? Brian also includes interviews with experts at the subject in addition to others in the profession who are now in recovery. The Addicted Lawyer is both a serious study of addiction and a compelling story of redemption. 

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