Twin brothers, twin addictions–when one crossed over, the other crossed the line Numb. That's how Jonathan Davis felt when he pumped his body full of painkillers to abate his AIDS–related pains. Eventually, he lost his battle, leaving his identical twin, Scott, to deal with both the emptiness of losing his brother and the stress of being a young medical student. In time, Scott was also hooked on painkillers and was heading down the same road toward destruction and death.
Living Jonathan's Life is the true story of how Scott–Dr. Scott M. Davis, who is today a renowned addiction medicine physician at the Betty Ford Center–experienced the same kind of pains in the same places that his brother Jonathan did before he died. The phantom pains baffled medical experts, who tried surgery, morphine, and prescription narcotics.
Soon Dr. Davis was writing prescriptions for himself, living a life similar to that of his twin. When Dr. Davis's addiction was finally discovered, his personal and professional world came crashing down. The only thing that kept him afloat was his brother Jonathan's secret poetry, kept hidden until after his death.
This unique true story will inspire readers whose lives are touched by family demons. Living Jonathan's Life breathes life into the notion that anyone can fall into the darkness of addiction– as well as rise above its wrath.
