Brenda Combs is a former crack addict from Phoenix whose successful efforts at turning her life around will be featured in a planned book.
And that same book may help Slim Smith, (right), a disgraced local newspaper columnist and former alcoholic, turn his own life around.
Smith, who was fired from the East Valley Tribune two years ago while serving a four-month prison sentence for a DUI, wrote on his blog recently that he'd agreed to co-write the book with Combs.
