The Lawyer Who Robbed a Bank | Graeme Alford

The Lawyer Who Robbed a Bank | Graeme Alford

Graeme Alford had it all mapped out: a criminal law practice in Melbourne, the trust of the underworld, and a fast-track to the top. Then the drinking and gambling caught up with him. He raided his client trust fund, did time in Pentridge and on release somehow managed to pull off one of the most inept armed robberies in Australian history - earning himself a second lagging.

Inside, something shifted. Graeme bulldozed the wreckage of his old life and rebuilt from scratch. Brain training, biographies of successful people and a cast-iron decision to become the master of his own destiny.

What followed was extraordinary. A clerkship led to a career bringing Norman Schwarzkopf, Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev to Australian audiences. Then came a second reinvention: as an addiction counsellor, opening a rehab centre built on the belief that recovery happens in real life, not away from it. He's 77, 43 years sober, and still not done.

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