Overview
SHADOWLIFT is a memoir about addiction, recovery, fatherhood, loss, and the long search for a life that finally feels like your own.
From a childhood shaped by strict rules and feeling like an outsider, Ben Silk found freedom in the ocean and adventure in the world around him. As he grew older, experimentation with drugs and alcohol gradually became something much darker. What began as curiosity eventually affected his relationships, his family, his health, his work and his sense of who he was.
Becoming a father to Sienna and Kaylee brought love and responsibility, but fatherhood alone could not overcome the addiction that had taken hold. The consequences eventually became impossible to ignore, including broken relationships, homelessness, loss and years spent confronting the damage caused by alcohol.
Recovery brought a different kind of journey.
Through sobriety and the Twelve Steps, Ben began confronting the parts of his past he had spent years avoiding. He learned to look honestly at his choices, acknowledge the people he had hurt, make amends where possible, and question the patterns that had shaped so much of his life.
SHADOWLIFT is not a story about erasing the past. It is about learning to live with it without allowing it to determine what comes next.
It is a story of facing uncomfortable truths, accepting responsibility, rediscovering freedom and slowly learning that a person can change the direction of their life.
After everything he has experienced, Ben is beginning to understand something simple:
His life belongs to him.
And he is choosing to live it.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798237216899
- ISBN-10: 9798237216899
- Publisher: Ben
- Publish Date: September 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.52 pounds
- Page Count: 172
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