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Some stories are written in big moments…others begin with a single step. Little Steps, Big Journeys is a gentle, heartfelt story inspired by the early life of Todd Crandell... author, speaker, and founder of Racing for Recovery. Through the eyes of a young child learning to walk, this beautifully written and illustrated story captures something deeper —the way children experience the world around them. The love they feel. The moments they remember. The quiet ways life begins to shape who they become.

Todd Crandell’s drug use and drinking destroyed his life. In his 20s, he had gone from being a hockey player on his way to a professional career to a homeless, starving, and drug-addicted ghost of himself. After several brutal and harrowing encounters with rock-bottom, he decided to quit cold-turkey; then he took up triathlons, and found that this athletic challenge helped him overcome his addictions. A mesmerizing, inspirational story of self-destruction and resurrection.

There's More Than One Way to Get to Cleveland also tells the intense, shocking, and ultimately hopeful stories of 10 former addicts who have worked with Racing for Recovery to overcome the addictions that blighted and almost ended their lives. These courageous individuals share their stories in all their gruesome detail, illustrating not only the depths to which drug and alcohol abuse can cause us to sink, but the hope that exists for anyone who chooses to embrace sobriety.