I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can - Hardcover

Gordon, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060114991 ISBN 13: 9780060114992

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1981

Synopsis

An Emmy-winning TV producer recounts her Valium-induced breakdown, her stays in two mental hospitals, and her struggle to begin a new life

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Gordon is the author of the best-selling drug-addiction memoir, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can. In addition to having been a writer for NBC's The Today Show, Barbara is also a three time Emmy award winning film maker. She has written for Parade and numerous other magazines. She has given scores of lectures and speeches throughout the US.

From the Inside Flap:

Barbara had it all: a successful career as an award-winning documentary film maker, a strong relationship, and plenty of friends. But a lingering problem with anxiety drew her into a dangerous Valium addiction. Her story is an honest, gripping look into addiction, her ill-advised "cold-turkey" withdrawal and the hospitalizations that followed, the worst the psychiatric field has to offer, and her painful yet persistent pathway back to functioning. Through it all, Gordon is a beacon of hope, actively choosing life over the alternative, even after journeying to the darkest depths of the human psyche.
This beautifully written classic is a must read for anyone battling their own psychological demons, anyone in the mental health field, and everyone in need of an inspiring survivor story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0060114991
• ISBN 13: 9780060114992
• Binding: Hardcover