This amazing autobiography of Jay “Chef Jay” Littmann chronicles his journey from a life of addiction and pain to a life of health and success.

Littmann became addicted to drugs when he was only 12 years old, and was thrown out of his home when he was 17. His life went into a downward spiral, and for the next 12 years he was controlled by his need for drugs and alcohol. During these dark years, he was in and out of jail and rehab, and was sometimes homeless. His addictions also led to a serious weight problem and diabetes.

Fortunately, he had a moment of clarity that turned his life around. How to Get From There to Here is the story of how Littmann left his life of drugs and crime behind when he was 29 years old, and got on the path to a healthy, happy life. After quitting his addictions for good, Littmann bought a muffin shop in Las Vegas to gain financial independence. This experience changed his life dramatically.

Littmann developed a healthy oat bar recipe, and when he surprisingly sold the bar to a national health food chain, he found himself filling the order of thousands of oatmeal bars by hand. This helped launch Chef Jay’s Food Products, which is now an extremely successful brand that sells millions of healthy products internationally every year. Jay has been clean and sober for almost 20 years, is in excellent shape, and is no longer diabetic.

Chef Jay’s incredible memoir could be your recipe for how to succeed in life even when you feel like everything is against you.