Christopher Kennedy Lawford

Speaker Christopher Kennedy Lawford shares from the heart his experience with addictions. His message is about attitude and choices. The authenticity of the message is embodied in his own life and his choice to change it, leading him on a path of self-discovery, years of intense therapy and personal growth.

He reaches out to individuals with passion and respect, and shows them how to take back their right to choose a better way of life. Although his keynote speech is extremely inspirational, he goes beyond motivation and shows what can be done to help heal the past, change the present, and create the future. He says, "My story is one of survival and redemption. It is about asking questions, searching for the truth and finding the courage to be honest no matter the consequences."

It is estimated that over 4 million Americans and approximately 170 million persons worldwide have been exposed to Hepatitis C, and that the majority are unaware of their exposure. Inspirational speaker Christopher Kennedy Lawford, was one of these Americans unknowingly contracting the Hepatitis C virus during his years of drug use and had been sober for 14 years when he was diagnosed and successfully treated in 2001.

As a national spokesperson for the Hepatitis C Public Awareness Campaign, Lawford walks his audience through the process of facing the diagnosis and treatment head-on, showing them that "It is possible to get through this Hepatitis C thing—to be cured of it—without surrendering your life to it."

Lawford provides a poignant and raw reflection on the universal struggle to make sense of the world and our place in it while illuminating the human journey -- our individual and unique place. In his best-selling memoir Symptoms of Withdrawal, he says "The key to real happiness is recognizing that all of us are pretty much the same. The human hardwiring isn't really that different from person to person. What's different are our individual circumstances. Our challenge is to reconcile circumstances with our common humanity."

With a compelling mix of personal experience and hard-earned humility, Lawford utilizes his real-life experiences to focus on a number of topics, illuminating the disease of addiction, the protocol for treatment, and the path to self-discovery and personal growth.