Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170).

Beginning of the end -- Growing up -- Becoming a bulldog -- A medical education -- Taking up residency -- Dark days -- Into the woods -- Exile -- The prodigal son -- Learning to take care of myself -- Stereotyping and the importance of individual stories -- Standing up to stigma -- The vulnerability to create honest conversations -- Healing with the art of empathy.

"A pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician, Dr. Adam B. Hill, suffers stress and disillusionment with the culture of medicine, leading to alcoholism, depression and suicidal thoughts. Then while in recovery from active addiction, he loses a mentor to suicide, revealing the extent of the burnout epidemic in the medical field. By sharing his harrowing story, Dr. Hill shows how this problem manifests, considers ways to address it, and confronts commonplace attitudes regarding self-care, recovery/treatment, empathy, and vulnerability amongst medical practitioners. His book is a road map for better practices at a time when doctors around the world are struggling in silence"--