Katherine ketcham has been writing nonfiction books for forty years. He is the vice president of external affairs at the hazelden foundation in minnesota, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover from alcoholism and other drug addiction. As the survivor of multiple relapses and nearfatal experiences with his addiction to alcohol and other drugs, william cope moyers knows what its like to desperately. As a parent, whos son died from addiction, i can say firsthand, what a horrifying. I called my wife from a detox center and told her that i could not continue to be her husband, or the father of our two boys, until i was able to. Kamala harris the couple shares three children, two sons william cope moyers, alice suzanne moyers, and a daughter john davidson moyers together.
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Aug 28, 2007 the eldest son of journalist bill moyers, william cope moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the story of how a young man with every advantage found himself spiraling into a love affair with crack cocaine that led him to the brink of deathand how a deep spirituality allowed him to conquer his shame, transform his life, and dedicate himself. Suzanne moyers, a schoolteacher, becomes a bride the new. William cope moyers, a former newspaper journalist and writer for cnn in st. Katherine ketcham has coauthored twelve books, seven on the subject of drugs, addiction, and. Broken was a pretty powerful personal account of william cope moyers, who is the son of lbjs press secretary among his many other credentials, and his personal story was pretty powerful.
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