Ryan Hampton spent a decade addicted to opioids before becoming a national voice for recovery. In American Fix, he uses his own story to make the case for changing how the country responds to addiction.
Readical Key Points
- A memoir of opioid addiction and recovery joined to a plan for policy change
- By a national addiction recovery advocate in long-term recovery and an alumnus of the Clinton White House
- Paperback, 320 pages, All Points Books, 2020
Hampton describes his years of opioid dependency and the long road into recovery, then widens the lens to the systems around both: how people reach treatment, what blocks the way, and the obstacles facing the recovery movement itself. From there he sets out his proposals for how national policy on addiction treatment and prevention could change.
The book serves readers who have met the crisis up close, as family members, clinicians, advocates or people in recovery, and readers who want to see how policy lands on a single life. Published in 2020, it reflects the crisis and the policy debate as they stood then. Hampton writes from inside the problem he wants the country to fix.
About the Author
Ryan Hampton is a national addiction recovery advocate, community organizer and person in long-term recovery from a decade of opioid use. An alumnus of the Clinton White House, he is also the author of Unsettled.
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