{"id":144,"date":"2026-10-19T18:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philips-diamond.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:36:40","slug":"the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philips-diamond.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"The Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"144\" class=\"elementor elementor-144\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6fdc4c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6fdc4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-358e2c7\" data-id=\"358e2c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-835eb51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"835eb51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1641de2\" data-id=\"1641de2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5298c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e5298c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;laptop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/philips-diamond.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/author.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-120\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philips-diamond.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/author.jpg 720w, https:\/\/philips-diamond.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/author-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-057fc15\" data-id=\"057fc15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff1fedc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff1fedc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the author\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4af30e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4af30e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Phil D\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc235d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc235d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Phil D was born in 1950 and raised in the well-known Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh. His legacy was to become a pharmacist and one day take over the family drugstore started by his grandfather, father and uncle. Instead came years of addiction \u2014 and the people who refused to give up on him.<\/p><p><br \/>December 24, 1979 was the last time he used a drug. Over the decades<br \/>since, he has brought NA meetings into hospitals and treatment facilities,<br \/>helped start the first Dade County NA helpline, and spoke at NA\u2019s 37th world convention in Orlando in 2018. He has worked as a treatment aid and mentor, is a Certified Recovery Specialist, ran a weekly recovery group in a corrections-based program, and today sits on the board of directors of a nonprofit treatment program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb5e3c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb5e3c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why he wrote it\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-048aee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"048aee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Poetry was never part of his life growing up. About fifteen years ago a verse \u201ccame out of nowhere,\u201d the verses kept coming, and friends in recovery urged him to write a book. His goal was never financial gain \u2014 only to help people who struggle with the same concepts he did.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ead13b3 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"ead13b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe come here to get \u2014 then we get to give \u2014\nwhen we stop giving, we stop getting.\u201d\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">\u2014 PAUL E\u2019S LEGACY, FROM THE DEDICATION<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the author Phil D Phil D was born in 1950 and raised in the well-known Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh. 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