Ten the Hard Way; True Stories of Addiction and Recovery by Rev. Dr. Kevin T. Coughlin Ph.D., Advocate of Gambling Recovery Catherine Townsend-Lyon, and other contributing guest authors is a collection of stories of how ten individuals dealt with addiction and recovery in their own lives. This fascinating book that is written in each of the participant's own words is riveting! Readers will join them on journeys that include pain, fear, hopelessness, death, hope, faith, friendship, spirituality, truth, failures, and successes. Some of the individual’s names have been changed to protect their privacy, others have gone on to become professionals in the addiction recovery industry, Best-Selling, Award-Winning Authors, Columnist, Radio Personalities, Business people, and more. For the ones that didn’t make it, we lift them up and tell their stories in the hopes to help someone else. Some of the stories deal with process addictions while other deal with substance abuse. A big thank you to those who had the courage to step forward and tell their stories so that others may be healed. This will include young people with substance abuse problems and with process addictions such as Pathological Gambling Addiction. This Amazing Book has already helped many individuals and professionals to understand addiction, recovery, and themselves. It has helped the hopeless to find hope, and the lost to find a roadmap home. Get your copy today and arm yourself with the knowledge and tools you will need to be successful! (A portion of the profits from this book will be donated to the Addict’s Moms Organization to help support young people in need of recovery without enough funding.)