Thirty Days in Rehab: The Tools Are Within Us details rehab and recovery. The importance of the book is that it chronicles a real story in rehab. The usual books don't focus on the real world of rehab and how your recovery becomes your life choices after rehab. The book is needed because addicts don't need a glorified view of rehab but a down-to-earth, honest approach to their recovery. It deals with the everyday, nitty-gritty work to get sober. You can't fool an addict into believing it is going to work; they need to see how it really does work on an individual basis. My work is different from the rest. It is "real time" talk. I wrote this to help other addicts choose to go to rehab and take the worry and fear out of making this choice. Counselors and mental health professionals need to read it with their clients to answer their questions. It prompts a dialogue with the addict. Families need to understand the process better to be a support to their loved one going forward with their recovery.