Break the Chains: From Harvard to Hell…and Back

A Harvard-educated Doctor loses everything, but gains his life. And now our guest Dr. Sylvester “Skip” Sviokla brings the message of recovery to other addicts.

Sylvester Sviokla

Graduate of Harvard Medical School (where he was a two-year starter on the football team, culminating in his receiving one vote for the 1966 Heisman Trophy and an offer to try out for the Chicago Bears) and author of From Harvard to Hell…and Back, A Doctor’s Journey Through Addiction to Recovery. Previously owned and medical director for Skip Sviokla Entertainment Medicine, Inc. and for Medical Weight Management, Inc. in Massachusettes.

Medical Assisted Recovery Inc.