Hard Way

When he was growing up, Jason Ramirez, MD, didn't know what it was like to have a stable home life. Since he was young, his parents' heroin addictions had ruled their family. Jason remembers seeing his parents try to stop one of their friends from overdosing, and he remembers them being too consumed in their own addictions to take care of their young children. His troubled childhood involved homelessness, domestic violence, poverty, and the later life complications that comes from the disease of addiction.It was no wonder Jason turned to a career that helped people. It wasn't easy for him: the trauma of his childhood and the symptoms of major depressive disorder made his coming-of-age nearly impossible to get through. But as he shows in The Hard Way, it was only nearly impossible. Find out how he overcame these obstacles and more in this highly inspirational memoir.