A Doctor’s Journey through Addiction to Recovery with Guest Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla III, MD

Summary: Our guest today is a Harvard educated doctor who lost everything but gained his life. Now he shares the message of recovery to other addicts. Dr. Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla lived life as a successful, driven, athletic and brilliant graduate of Harvard Medical School, reveling in wealth and glamour until addiction brought his life crashing down. Miraculously, recovery gave him back his family, his self-respect and much more. Dr. Sviokla is the author of a book titled From Harvard to Hell…and Back.