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Heroin, Hurricane Katrina, and the Howling Within: An Addiction Memoir
"As I walked up the giant stairs, the hallway seemed to get brighter and brighter. I emerged onto the balcony. The sunlight was so blinding to my eyes that had been locked closed from insanity and pain or the weight of the Seroquel that I did not take in the whole scene at first. I looked at the sky. It was blue with small hints of grey, and the breeze was still while the clouds were large and puffy. The sky was calm and peaceful and fucking gorgeous. My eyes squinted from brightness and slight nausea; I looked down from the second floor of the raised old house and realized the streets had morphed into rivers. I looked on with both disbelief and amazement."As the whispers of Hurricane Katrina swirled through New Orleans, I did not even consider evacuating. The reason is simple. I did not have enough heroin to make it very far out of the city, without facing the impending doom of dope sickness. This is my story of the storm of the century. Follow me, sloshing through the storm's flood waters, searching for my next fix, with the slow realization that things will never be the same again.
255 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2012
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About the author
Eliza Player
1 book19 followersI left college before graduating in a snowstorm of psychedelics and stimulants, before gravitating towards the underbelly of New Orleans. I lived a number of years saturated in Jameson and heroin, making my living stripping my way down Bourbon, searching for my next fix. As Hurricane Katrina approached, I did not even consider evacuating, and those 13 dark days following the storm eventually began my path to recovery. Clean for five years now, I write about addiction and recovery. I finally graduated from college, with a BA in Mass Communication and a minor in Journalism. I worked for a few small newspapers before landing a gig writing and curating news for RecoveryNowTV. That position opened up a lot of doors for me, and led me to partnering to begin my own website, dedicated to opiate addiction and recovery. I have published articles on The Fix and It's All Junk.
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October 7, 2012
I gave five stars on this book because it was an amazing read. I am not a reader, but being from Louisiana and having faced my own demons, this was a must-read for me. I always wondered what the addicts did when Katrina hit NOLA. All addicts know that the fear of withdrawal is what keeps them in the constant chase of their drug. This book answered so many questions and gave so much insight on what the locals went through and saw if they didn't evacuate. The author gives a very grim detail on the hell an addict faces when having to go through withdrawals. As I read the insanity the author was going through, it was almost as if I was losing my mind right along with her. She has a way with her detail and words that puts you right in her shoes!
You don't have to be an addict, recovering addict or even know about drugs to enjoy this book. The writer has a way of painting such a clear picture of the roller coaster an addict faces day in and day out. The highs and lows, the struggle to get clean only to fall back down again. She will make you fall in love with her. You'll find yourself choked up at times and wanting to reach through the book and give her a hug. She'll make anyone that reads this book, look at a drug addict in a complete different light. It's fascinating and I recommend it. You won't put it down! And when you're done, you'll find yourself wanting more!
You don't have to be an addict, recovering addict or even know about drugs to enjoy this book. The writer has a way of painting such a clear picture of the roller coaster an addict faces day in and day out. The highs and lows, the struggle to get clean only to fall back down again. She will make you fall in love with her. You'll find yourself choked up at times and wanting to reach through the book and give her a hug. She'll make anyone that reads this book, look at a drug addict in a complete different light. It's fascinating and I recommend it. You won't put it down! And when you're done, you'll find yourself wanting more!
February 20, 2013
The title almost says it all:
Heroin -plenty of that in here, as well as nearly every other kind of pharmaceutical you can imagine -oh, and don't forget the booze!
Hurricane Katrina: water, water, everywhere
the Howling Within: what every junkie is trying to smother.
But there's also something else here; this memoir is also an evocative song of New Orleans, in and out of the Quarter, on stage and behind the scenes. The author doesn't hide nor make excuses for her fascination with "the Life" and details her long, sustained plunge into the deep end without any self-serving victimization. The writing is fluid, direct, and very visual -as I read I could see images of scenes somewhere between 'When the Levees Broke' and 'Drugstore Cowboys'. Slosh and shoot.
This is not a book for everyone; if you've no compassion for people weakened by substance abuse and addiction and/or are squeamish about needles and blood, then you'd better read something else. (probably no danger of that, most people would be sufficiently forewarned by the title alone!) But for the rest of us, Player's book is a worthwhile read and maybe it will help others get (and stay) clean. Hope so.
Heroin -plenty of that in here, as well as nearly every other kind of pharmaceutical you can imagine -oh, and don't forget the booze!
Hurricane Katrina: water, water, everywhere
the Howling Within: what every junkie is trying to smother.
But there's also something else here; this memoir is also an evocative song of New Orleans, in and out of the Quarter, on stage and behind the scenes. The author doesn't hide nor make excuses for her fascination with "the Life" and details her long, sustained plunge into the deep end without any self-serving victimization. The writing is fluid, direct, and very visual -as I read I could see images of scenes somewhere between 'When the Levees Broke' and 'Drugstore Cowboys'. Slosh and shoot.
This is not a book for everyone; if you've no compassion for people weakened by substance abuse and addiction and/or are squeamish about needles and blood, then you'd better read something else. (probably no danger of that, most people would be sufficiently forewarned by the title alone!) But for the rest of us, Player's book is a worthwhile read and maybe it will help others get (and stay) clean. Hope so.
May 4, 2020
Having some experience of addiction myself I had wondered how I would have managed during Hurricane Katrina. When someone shared a review of this I soon downloaded a kindle sample.An hour later I had compulsively purchased the book. I rarely read addiction memoirs.They tend to preach recovery, over dramatise or they just don't ring true. This book hits the right note. Eliza highlights the pleasurable sides of drug use but also strips bare the crazy lengths that addiction can drive you when you need drugs. She tells it like it is.
It starts by setting the scene a few days before Katrina. She pulls no punches when describing her life before the hurricane. She is earning good money lap dancing but is spending as fast as she can earn. Embedded in the merry go round of working,scoring and using she remains largely oblivious to the warnings regarding Katrina.Others are boarding up their houses in Storyville. Eliza has lived through other hurricanes in New Orleans and she is making no exception here.If she was to try and evacuate where could she score? She has an addicts priorities and dope comes first,second and third.
Whilst reading of her daily life the tension builds as we know Katrina is coming as sure as sick follows high.We follow Eliza and her partner as thy wade through water with a great haul of dope from a wrecked Pharmacy. It starts as a party in a disaster zone with a wish list of normally forbidden pharmaceuticals. Fentanyl is shot with happy abandon. Dope sickness hovers as an unwelcome visitor at the feast however and famine is sure to come.
Eliza writes a gripping memoir. She describes the reality of addiction and withdrawal unflinchingly. She also tells the tale of a love that has been bent out of shape by the weight of two habits. It is also a paean to a lost New Orleans that she loved with a passion.It"s described so well you can smell the Gumbo and Bourbon until it gets drowned by the stench of flood and decay.
She also writes brilliantly of trying to rebuild a shattered self from the chaos. All the time that she is stripping and using, both her and her friend Sophia are trying to write, inspired by the work of Burroughs. It is only later that she managed to build something marvellous from the fragments
I have avoided giving too much away. There is an awful lot to this book. There are memories of Katrina, honesty about addiction and the struggle to maintain a supply when everything is collapsing. This energy has been ploughed into great writing.
When the levees broke, Eliza couldn't have imagined where the flood would take her. I'm grateful for the privilege of getting swept along with her.
It starts by setting the scene a few days before Katrina. She pulls no punches when describing her life before the hurricane. She is earning good money lap dancing but is spending as fast as she can earn. Embedded in the merry go round of working,scoring and using she remains largely oblivious to the warnings regarding Katrina.Others are boarding up their houses in Storyville. Eliza has lived through other hurricanes in New Orleans and she is making no exception here.If she was to try and evacuate where could she score? She has an addicts priorities and dope comes first,second and third.
Whilst reading of her daily life the tension builds as we know Katrina is coming as sure as sick follows high.We follow Eliza and her partner as thy wade through water with a great haul of dope from a wrecked Pharmacy. It starts as a party in a disaster zone with a wish list of normally forbidden pharmaceuticals. Fentanyl is shot with happy abandon. Dope sickness hovers as an unwelcome visitor at the feast however and famine is sure to come.
Eliza writes a gripping memoir. She describes the reality of addiction and withdrawal unflinchingly. She also tells the tale of a love that has been bent out of shape by the weight of two habits. It is also a paean to a lost New Orleans that she loved with a passion.It"s described so well you can smell the Gumbo and Bourbon until it gets drowned by the stench of flood and decay.
She also writes brilliantly of trying to rebuild a shattered self from the chaos. All the time that she is stripping and using, both her and her friend Sophia are trying to write, inspired by the work of Burroughs. It is only later that she managed to build something marvellous from the fragments
I have avoided giving too much away. There is an awful lot to this book. There are memories of Katrina, honesty about addiction and the struggle to maintain a supply when everything is collapsing. This energy has been ploughed into great writing.
When the levees broke, Eliza couldn't have imagined where the flood would take her. I'm grateful for the privilege of getting swept along with her.
August 6, 2015
Tragedy in Truth
Devastation and destruction before and after Katrina, both in New Orleans and in the lives of several addicts, as told by an addict, Eliza. She tells it like it was. Sometimes, the everyday normal life of Eliza's life was so ugly, chaotic, and dark ,it caused me pain to turn the next page. I was captivated by her story and all the suffering of thousands after Katrina. I was hopeful for Eliza's rescue, rehabilitation, restoration, and recovery. But her recovery was as slow as New Orleans recovery. Eliza tells her story so well, I was able to walk in her flip flops for a while. Eliza has an intriguing strength and is a true survivor. This book could provide hope to the addict.
Devastation and destruction before and after Katrina, both in New Orleans and in the lives of several addicts, as told by an addict, Eliza. She tells it like it was. Sometimes, the everyday normal life of Eliza's life was so ugly, chaotic, and dark ,it caused me pain to turn the next page. I was captivated by her story and all the suffering of thousands after Katrina. I was hopeful for Eliza's rescue, rehabilitation, restoration, and recovery. But her recovery was as slow as New Orleans recovery. Eliza tells her story so well, I was able to walk in her flip flops for a while. Eliza has an intriguing strength and is a true survivor. This book could provide hope to the addict.
March 3, 2016
A truly captivating true story of addiction, survival and recovery. I have read literally thousands of books, and most of them are forgotten as soon as I move on to the next one. I recommend this story without reservation. This memoir is raw, real and a story that needs to be told! A very very real story, so perfectly descriptive. I felt many different emotions while reading this story.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
January 8, 2017
Phew...tough to read but important for me to read. While I strive to understand the insanity of heroin addiction, I find it impossible to wrap my brain around the madness. I am compassionate though to the insanity of the desperate need. As a mom of two daughters who have substance abuse disorder and their drug of choice is heroin, reading books like this gives me some insight to some of their behavior...love the addict, hate the disease.
November 4, 2012
Ever wondered how junkies survived during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans? This book tells the story of an ex addict and her journey to eventually kick the habit. I became enthralled with Eliza's story and sometimes felt as if I was seeing her experience through her eyes. A great book to read during a storm- either of weather of personal crisis.
April 14, 2015
"Wow," it sounds like fiction
I was taken aback by the events in this memoir, as you find yourself forgetting someone actually lived this life story, until the writer reminds you through her story about her thoughts and the actual historical events. I found it amazing.
I was taken aback by the events in this memoir, as you find yourself forgetting someone actually lived this life story, until the writer reminds you through her story about her thoughts and the actual historical events. I found it amazing.
June 11, 2015
Stunning and Honest
A personal and soul wrenching portrayal of addiction, mental illness and rebirth straight from the mouth of the Dragon. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever known addiction. Either personally or in a friend or family member.
A personal and soul wrenching portrayal of addiction, mental illness and rebirth straight from the mouth of the Dragon. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever known addiction. Either personally or in a friend or family member.
April 14, 2015
Amazing story
I thank Eliza for being brave enough to share her story with us. I thank her for being so open and raw and wish her the very best life has to offer!
I thank Eliza for being brave enough to share her story with us. I thank her for being so open and raw and wish her the very best life has to offer!
May 26, 2020
Page turner
Wow.. I sat up reading this one night and it’s almost like I wanna as a fly on the wall. You have a great way of making these words, your experiences come to life! Thank you for being so transparent God Bless you! I’m so glad you and Sophia found each other. It’s like they say if you let love go and it comes back to you then it’s meant to be...same with soul mate friendships
Wow.. I sat up reading this one night and it’s almost like I wanna as a fly on the wall. You have a great way of making these words, your experiences come to life! Thank you for being so transparent God Bless you! I’m so glad you and Sophia found each other. It’s like they say if you let love go and it comes back to you then it’s meant to be...same with soul mate friendships
September 15, 2017
I've read a lot of memoirs about addiction and this one was unique, no doubt. I live in the gulf coast area, and it never really crossed my mind how an addict would survive a natural disaster, so this was a really good read. The only thing that bothered me was the overuse of the comparison of her mind to a levee collapsing. Once was clever, a dozen times, not so much.
April 22, 2021
A very telling memoir
This book seemed a little jumbled sometimes, but from the mouth of an addict that makes sense. I think this book may make me more sympathetic and sad for drug abusers who really still are people. As someone who has never done heroine, the way the author describes it makes me understand how good it must have been and hard to kick.
This book seemed a little jumbled sometimes, but from the mouth of an addict that makes sense. I think this book may make me more sympathetic and sad for drug abusers who really still are people. As someone who has never done heroine, the way the author describes it makes me understand how good it must have been and hard to kick.
February 25, 2022
Tale of Many Survivals
For some reason I didn't think this would be a "winner" when I put it in my library. I was wrong. Eliza has done a fine job in taking me into her world, especially during such a horrific time. This is one of the better memoirs I have read lately!!
For some reason I didn't think this would be a "winner" when I put it in my library. I was wrong. Eliza has done a fine job in taking me into her world, especially during such a horrific time. This is one of the better memoirs I have read lately!!
January 18, 2023
Yikes! The small details!
I have been in recovery for 15 years.
I found myself feeling triggered by the intricate details of the process of using and of being dope sick.
Some were so vividly explained that I had to skip forward a few pages.
A good read
I have been in recovery for 15 years.
I found myself feeling triggered by the intricate details of the process of using and of being dope sick.
Some were so vividly explained that I had to skip forward a few pages.
A good read
January 26, 2024
Eye opening
This book was amazing. I wasn't too long or drawn out. I could not put it down. One thing that stuck out was that I had never imagined what a horror living through hurricane Katrina had been like. Very eye opening and an emotional rollercoaster.
This book was amazing. I wasn't too long or drawn out. I could not put it down. One thing that stuck out was that I had never imagined what a horror living through hurricane Katrina had been like. Very eye opening and an emotional rollercoaster.
June 14, 2017
A different hurricane party
Having lived thru a cat 4 hurricane, I heard about hurricane parties. This includes the aftermath. Sometimes rambling. Good read.
Having lived thru a cat 4 hurricane, I heard about hurricane parties. This includes the aftermath. Sometimes rambling. Good read.
April 1, 2018
Incredibly inspiring
anyone who has or may have had an addiction, this is a great read.
A survivor of any natural disaster
anyone who has or may have had an addiction, this is a great read.
A survivor of any natural disaster
April 13, 2019
Wow, what a story!
This is an amazing story with twists and turns! This women overcame Heroin and got thru Katrina. The story is inspiring!
This is an amazing story with twists and turns! This women overcame Heroin and got thru Katrina. The story is inspiring!
November 20, 2020
Great read
I really enjoyed reading this book. Interesting yet heartbreaking memoir of a journey through Hurricane Katrina whilst in the grip of addiction.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Interesting yet heartbreaking memoir of a journey through Hurricane Katrina whilst in the grip of addiction.
October 10, 2021
DNF 21%. The writing was too repetitive.
November 14, 2023
Riveting!
I literally could not put this book down! An amazing read from start to finish! Got me hooked from the 1st page. You won't regret getting this book!
I literally could not put this book down! An amazing read from start to finish! Got me hooked from the 1st page. You won't regret getting this book!
April 12, 2015
Update Reread 4/12/15 - I loved this book as much the second time. Since the last time I read it, I had my favorite trip to New Orleans and we finally watched all the seasons of Treme recently so I think I liked the New Orleans parts even more than before.
Review - 7/24/13 - I loved this book. I got it free through my Amazon Prime membership. I had never heard of the book before, and I am so glad that the Kindle allows for books like this to find an audience without the expense of publishing a hard copy. I really hope this book makes it into print though too for wider readership. I kind of regret now that I borrowed this through Kindle Prime because I ended up highlighting a lot of parts to reread, and I don't necessarily want to return the book so maybe I will buy it anyway if I can keep my notes in tact.
I loved it on many levels....
I enjoy memoirs to hear people's stories, and this book is much better written than the majority of the memoirs that I read. She is a gifted writer, and I hope she writes more books.
The author did a great job of portraying the feeling of "home" in a city when it doesn't seem like she experienced it elsewhere. I enjoyed reading about her love of New Orleans which reminded me of the cities I love.
Vivid portrayal of a toxic, codependent relationship. Showing "love" and also betrayals treated very casually since the addiction comes first. Also, maybe too reflecting an addiction to the person also rather than love. Looking back on it I can only remember one positive thing she had to say about him and it was a really minor positive trait. It sounds like in those relationships that you end up with one person usually earning the money to pay for the habit of both. This book made me wonder if it typically works out that the one earning the money ends up further into the addiction than the partner because of the things they have to do for money and have a harder time digging out because of the consequences that accumulate.
The book seemed EXTREMELY HONEST while many books on the subject don't seem that way to me. It made me happy for her for the future ahead.
It also did a good job of showing how every day is like the one before. How much time is devoted to it. The casual attitude towards life and death. The fog. The deadening.
As an outsider who has seen addiction but not lived it, I think this book provided one of the more accurate portrayals of heroin addiction that I have ever seen. I see from some of the reviews it sounds like people were also recommending it to people in active addiction. It seems like the book could be very triggering for people in early recovery.
Great read!
Review - 7/24/13 - I loved this book. I got it free through my Amazon Prime membership. I had never heard of the book before, and I am so glad that the Kindle allows for books like this to find an audience without the expense of publishing a hard copy. I really hope this book makes it into print though too for wider readership. I kind of regret now that I borrowed this through Kindle Prime because I ended up highlighting a lot of parts to reread, and I don't necessarily want to return the book so maybe I will buy it anyway if I can keep my notes in tact.
I loved it on many levels....
I enjoy memoirs to hear people's stories, and this book is much better written than the majority of the memoirs that I read. She is a gifted writer, and I hope she writes more books.
The author did a great job of portraying the feeling of "home" in a city when it doesn't seem like she experienced it elsewhere. I enjoyed reading about her love of New Orleans which reminded me of the cities I love.
Vivid portrayal of a toxic, codependent relationship. Showing "love" and also betrayals treated very casually since the addiction comes first. Also, maybe too reflecting an addiction to the person also rather than love. Looking back on it I can only remember one positive thing she had to say about him and it was a really minor positive trait. It sounds like in those relationships that you end up with one person usually earning the money to pay for the habit of both. This book made me wonder if it typically works out that the one earning the money ends up further into the addiction than the partner because of the things they have to do for money and have a harder time digging out because of the consequences that accumulate.
The book seemed EXTREMELY HONEST while many books on the subject don't seem that way to me. It made me happy for her for the future ahead.
It also did a good job of showing how every day is like the one before. How much time is devoted to it. The casual attitude towards life and death. The fog. The deadening.
As an outsider who has seen addiction but not lived it, I think this book provided one of the more accurate portrayals of heroin addiction that I have ever seen. I see from some of the reviews it sounds like people were also recommending it to people in active addiction. It seems like the book could be very triggering for people in early recovery.
Great read!
February 18, 2017
Best memoir of heroin addiction I have read. And I have read all the classic ones as well as little known authors such as Eliza Player. There was just something so real and raw, and not afraid to hold back. Sure, she still needs a bit of tweaking as a well rounded writer, but not much. And Katrina and it's horrors as well! Kudos, Eliza Player, Kudos! You are talented and inspiring and best of luck with your sobriety. xoxo
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September 20, 2012This was an Kindle freebie and it's a real gem.
The book follows the life of the author, Eliza, a heroin addict whose life has been unravelling for some time as the dark clouds of Hurricane Katrina gather. When the storm hits she is too wasted to care about anything except her next hit. She sleeps through the storm and when she awakens the world as she knows it has been washed away. The descriptions of the deserted streets of New Orleans are very powerful, and the images of Eliza and her fellow junkies wading through the filthy water in search of drugs adds a whole new dimension to the horror. They are like zombies in a post-apocalyptic world, getting high amidst the chaos and destruction, and living in total squalor.
While the author doesn't shy away from the realities of drugs, she never lets you lose sight of her humanity or that of her fellow drug addicts. This book helped me understand how hellish it is to get clean for those who are caught in the grip of addiction. Most people tend to think of junkies as selfish and self-absorbed, but friendship plays a very important part in the book.
I got dragged into this book immediately and read it very quickly. The only criticism I have is that there is a bit of repetition in the writing ie. occasionally the author will repeat the same information a couple of lines later. This is a minor quibble though, the writing is generally very good. The ending actually brought a tear to my eye, and it was so nice to end on a high note (no pun intended).
I highly recommend this book for those who like gritty, realisitc memoirs.
The book follows the life of the author, Eliza, a heroin addict whose life has been unravelling for some time as the dark clouds of Hurricane Katrina gather. When the storm hits she is too wasted to care about anything except her next hit. She sleeps through the storm and when she awakens the world as she knows it has been washed away. The descriptions of the deserted streets of New Orleans are very powerful, and the images of Eliza and her fellow junkies wading through the filthy water in search of drugs adds a whole new dimension to the horror. They are like zombies in a post-apocalyptic world, getting high amidst the chaos and destruction, and living in total squalor.
While the author doesn't shy away from the realities of drugs, she never lets you lose sight of her humanity or that of her fellow drug addicts. This book helped me understand how hellish it is to get clean for those who are caught in the grip of addiction. Most people tend to think of junkies as selfish and self-absorbed, but friendship plays a very important part in the book.
I got dragged into this book immediately and read it very quickly. The only criticism I have is that there is a bit of repetition in the writing ie. occasionally the author will repeat the same information a couple of lines later. This is a minor quibble though, the writing is generally very good. The ending actually brought a tear to my eye, and it was so nice to end on a high note (no pun intended).
I highly recommend this book for those who like gritty, realisitc memoirs.
February 12, 2015
Gritty, earthy, brutally honest to borrow a cliche. These describe the excellent memoir Heroin, Hurricane Katrina and the Howling Within: An Addiction Memoir by Eliza Player. The writing compels from the first page, revealing a positive outcome. That reveal provides a ballast against the "howling within" that rips through the succeeding pages.
If you cannot abide grammatical errors, then turn away now, because there are some inconsistencies in person and tense. However if you forgive the technique for the powerful, authentic voice of a writer pulling from her gut the truth of her experience without sentimentality, without apology and without historical reference to why she became an addict in the first place, then read this book. It's deeply involving.
If you cannot abide grammatical errors, then turn away now, because there are some inconsistencies in person and tense. However if you forgive the technique for the powerful, authentic voice of a writer pulling from her gut the truth of her experience without sentimentality, without apology and without historical reference to why she became an addict in the first place, then read this book. It's deeply involving.
November 18, 2012
I really expected more from this book reading reviews. The writing got on my nerves. It was very repetitive and the same phrase was used sooo many times to describe injecting(the blood spurting like a poppy), which was a good descriptor the first time. But not again and again. Also the way the time skipped around made the story feel choppy and unplanned, like she went off on tangents and got distracted while writing. All in all the story itself was a good one, but the writing really drove down my rating.
September 23, 2013
I really enjoyed this memoir. Eliza was able to really conjure up the storm so I could feel it coming, arriving, and leaving. It was harrowing enough on its own but then she described the hunger of needing a fix. “The Howling Within” is an evocative phrase that really suited the wind and the need, both of which she describes so well in this book you can feel. Very well written and enjoyable to read.
May 20, 2014
I'm always a sucker for an addiction memoir , and this is a pretty good one, but what really distinguished the book, for me, was reading about what it was like to live through Hurricane Katrina. Live through Hurricane Katrina AND be a dope fiend. I think Eliza Player did a good job describing her experiences and I'm glad her circumstances have improved.
April 17, 2016
Greatest book ever!
I struggled for many years with addiction, and I felt like I was reading my own life story, minus hurricane Katrina. I've read many book of addicts telling there stories of how awful there lives got while they were in active addiction, but this BY FAR, was the best one I've ever read!
I struggled for many years with addiction, and I felt like I was reading my own life story, minus hurricane Katrina. I've read many book of addicts telling there stories of how awful there lives got while they were in active addiction, but this BY FAR, was the best one I've ever read!
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