Ryan Hampton: American Fix

“The opioid crisis affects so many all across America — I’m proud that Ryan found help and is now helping others.” —President Bill Clinton

“You can feel Ryan Hampton’s passion, outrage, and hope. American Fix is the social justice call to action we need to put an end to this generation’s most urgent public health crisis. This book will make you rethink everything you know about addiction.” —Van Jones, Author, CNN Host, and Founder of #cut50 and the Dream Corps

Most Americans know someone who has been affected by the opioid epidemic, or has been affected his or herself. Addiction is an issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life, spurred on by a pharmaceutical industry with a direct financial interest in encouraging the abuse of prescription painkillers. Millions of Americans, tired of watching their loved ones die while politicians ignore this issue, are asking themselves: Where is the hope? Where’s the outrage? What is the solution?

Ryan Hampton, a young man who has made addiction and recovery reform his life’s mission, hopes to provide that solution. Through his organization Facing Addiction, Hampton has become the center of America’s rising recovery movement. As a person in recovery from heroin addiction himself, he understands firsthand how easy it is to develop a dependency on opioids, and how destructive that dependency can quickly become. Now, he is waging a permanent campaign to change our way of thinking about and addressing addiction in this country. In American Fix, Hampton discusses his own struggle with addiction, outlines the challenges that the recovery movement currently faces, and offers a concrete plan of action towards making America’s addiction crisis a thing of the past.

Join us as advocate Ryan Hampton shares his work and the truth behind the opioid addiction crisis.

RYAN HAMPTON serves as an outreach lead and recovery advocate for Facing Addiction, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to ending the addiction crisis in America. He has worked with multiple non-profits across the country and served in a staff capacity for various political campaigns. A former White House staffer, Hampton has recovered from 10 years of active heroin use. He is a leading voice in America’s rising recovery movement. His interviews have appeared on NPR and HLN, and in Forbes, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and others. He lives in California.