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SmackedBy: Eilene Zimmerman A journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex husbands descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white collar drug abuse. A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal courage, and writerly grace.Bill Clegg, author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man Something was wrong with Peter. Eilene Zimmerman noticed that her ex
By: Eilene ZimmermanA journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband’s descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse.
“A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal courage, and writerly grace.”—Bill Clegg, author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
Something was wrong with Peter. Eilene Zimmerman noticed that her ex-husband looked thin, seemed distracted, and was frequently absent from activities with their children. She thought he looked sick and needed to see a doctor, and indeed, he told her he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Yet in many ways, Peter seemed to have it all: a beautiful house by the beach, expensive cars, and other luxuries that came with an affluent life. Eilene assumed his odd behavior was due to stress and overwork—he was a senior partner at a prominent law firm and had been working more than sixty hours a week for the last twenty years.
Although they were divorced, Eilene and Peter had been partners and friends for decades, so when she and her children were unable to reach Peter for several days, Eilene went to his house to see if he was OK.
So begins Smacked, a brilliant and moving memoir of Eilene’s shocking discovery, one that sets her on a journey to find out how a man she knew for nearly thirty years became a drug addict, hiding it so well that neither she nor anyone else in his life suspected what was happening. Eilene discovers that Peter led a secret life, one that started with pills and ended with opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine. He was also addicted to work; the last call Peter ever made was to dial in to a conference call.
Eilene is determined to learn all she can about Peter’s hidden life, and also about drug addiction among ambitious, high-achieving professionals like him. Through extensive research and interviews, she presents a picture of drug dependence today in that moneyed, upwardly mobile world. She also embarks on a journey to re-create her life in the wake of loss, both of the person—and the relationship—that profoundly defined the woman she had become.
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★★★★★ 5
Empowering Devotional
Format: Kindle
This may be the best and most empowering devotional I have ever read! The format of daily prayers and daily scripture based confessions is exceptional.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2021
★★★★★ 4
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This is a great book, but you're got to remember that its an excerpt of a far greater book called Sparkling Gems from the Greek. Go ahead and get this one -- but DON"T STOP UNTIL YOU'VE PLACED YOUR E ORDER FOR SPARKING GEMS.... a book that will just blow you away -- a fact evidenced by nearly 300,000 people who have already brought that hard copy book.The book above is a good start, but it's a far cry from the real Sparkling Gems from the Greek. Start with this one above -- but keep your eyes out for the day that the e-version of Sparkling Gems is announced. Sparkling Gems is a book you JUST MUST HAVE in your e-library. Hope this helps.... Scholarly Believer
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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2011
★★★★★ 5
Excellent for daily reading
Format: Paperback
This book is great for travel or for a brief daily devotional. However, if you want a more in depth bible study I would strongly recommend Sparking Gems by Rick Renner which is the most wonderful bible study I have read second to the bible. In fact, 365 Days of Power is an exerpt from Sparkling Gems.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013
★★★★★ 5
Daily Dynamic Devotionals
Format: Kindle
Found this book so related to my daily life scenarios and the in-depth of this spirit filled daily devotional book really blow my mind away. I could easily read this book over and over again and never get tired of it! Thank you Rick for the daily encouragement your book brought to me when I most needed it...!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2020
★★★★★ 5
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Format: Paperback
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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2025