The Golden Boy
A Doctor's Journey with Addiction
by Grant Matheson
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Pub Date Nov 07 2017 | Archive Date Mar 09 2018
Nimbus Publishing | Acorn Press
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Description
Before opioids destroyed Grant Matheson's career, he was a pillar of his community. Respected physician, loving husband, devoted father, and trusted friend. Grant was a straight-laced kid who grew up to be a clean-living adult. No drinking, no smoking, and certainly no drugs. It took everyone by surprise, most of all himself, when he became addicted to narcotics in his 30s. His story hit local press when he was found guilty of professional misconduct related to his addiction, including over-prescribing painkillers to patients so he could buy them back--an infraction that caused his physician license to be suspended.
Matheson's memoir is a gritty account of his narcotic addiction and all that it cost him: various relationships, his career, and almost his life. The Golden Boy takes the reader from the very first day of Matheson's drug addiction to that moment when he decided to rebuild his life through rehab and recovery.
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Author attended the Ontario Library Association superconference (4700 librarians)
Author was on CBC radio syndication (10 stations across the country), appeared in a CP print article syndicated across the country, and has appeared on radio, television, print around the Atlantic provinces
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781927502952 |
| PRICE | CA$21.95 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 240 |
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Linda T, Reviewer
Grant Matheson's memoir is a down-to-earth honest and gritty account of his narcotic addiction. It explores what happened from the first moment he experienced with drugs and explores all that it cost him from relationships, his career, and almost his life. I really enjoyed the moment when he decided to rebuild his life through rehab and recovery, and was cheering him on all the way.
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