Time is All We Have: Four Weeks at the Betty Ford Center [Paperback]

Barnaby Conrad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1992

Writer Barnaby Conrad offers a fascinating glimpse inside the Betty Ford rehabilitation facility where he spent 30 days learning to overcome his alcoholism. "Candid, comprehensive . . . readers virtually live the patients' experiences".--Publishers Weekly.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Betty Ford's doctor, Joseph Pursch, states in a foreword that this is the best book on alcoholism and drug addiction treatment that he has read. It is among the best written by the author of Matador and some 17 other books. Conrad at age 63 was an alcoholic who had failed in his attempts to stop drinking. Then he entered the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, run on Alcoholics Anonymous principles by recovering addicts. In Conrad's candid, comprehensive account, readers virtually live the patients' experiences. Accounts of his progress and that of fellow alcoholics are interspersed with poignant reflections on F. Scott Fitzgerald and other authors destroyed by drinking. But his concentration in the book is primarily on the people responsible for the center's signal successes. Among them is the former First Lady, no figurehead, but actively engaged in helping other recovering addicts.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

This is an account of a noted author's lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his decision, at age 63, to enter a four-week alcoholism treatment program at the prestigious Betty Ford Center. Conversational in tone and narrative in form, the book describes Conrad's day-to-day experiences as an inpatient at the center. His comments regarding fellow patients and his insights into his own behavior will be meaningful to the recovering alcoholic. Others will get a glimpse of what life is really like in what is considered by many to be the most successful alcoholic treatment center in the world. Barbara J. Powell, Psychology Div . , VA Medical Ctr., Kansas City, Mo.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Cameron & Company; 2nd edition (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918684374
• ISBN-13: 978-0918684370
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Reference & Collections
  • #51 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Recovery > Substance Abuse

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-read" book for alcoholics and everyone else!, August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Time is All We Have: Four Weeks at the Betty Ford Center (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite books. Written like really good fiction, Mr. Conrad (a writer and artist by trade) takes us through his addiction and recovery at BFC. It is not only extremely helpful and insightful, but also a "can't-put-down" tell-all bio. A book I have bought for others. Well worth it!!!!