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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,702 ratings — published 1959
Requiem for a Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.12 — 69,991 ratings — published 1978
Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.25 — 105,666 ratings — published 1996
Addicted to You (Addicted, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.69 — 203,619 ratings — published 2013
Portnoy’s Complaint (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.70 — 75,745 ratings — published 1969
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.12 — 185,999 ratings — published 1993
Addicted for Now (Addicted, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.14 — 92,014 ratings — published 2013
The Tragedy of Felix and Jake (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.29 — 15,168 ratings — published 2023
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.72 — 81,783 ratings — published 2007
Ricochet (Addicted, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.73 — 114,845 ratings — published 2013
Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.99 — 48,515 ratings — published 2008
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.95 — 423,101 ratings — published 2022
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,945,765 ratings — published 2019
The Forever Fight: On Drugs, Alcohol and the Cycle of Addiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.80 — 120 ratings — published
Addicted After All (Addicted, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.38 — 53,956 ratings — published 2014
A Million Little Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.70 — 266,457 ratings — published 2003
Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.66 — 16,833 ratings — published 2010
Unholy Magic (Downside Ghosts, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,537 ratings — published 2010
City of Ghosts (Downside Ghosts, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.22 — 9,449 ratings — published 2010
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.71 — 224,522 ratings — published 2001
You & Me (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.44 — 30,604 ratings — published 2022
Inevitable Disclosure (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.49 — 2,938 ratings — published 2023
Unstable Connections (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,473 ratings — published 2022
Elusive Relations (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,898 ratings — published 2022
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.59 — 618,391 ratings — published 2018
Damaged (Unlucky 13, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.96 — 910 ratings — published 2023
Filthy Hot (The Five Points' Mob Collection, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.40 — 5,323 ratings — published 2021
Pretty Little Savage (Sick Boys, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.06 — 20,983 ratings — published 2020
The Fire Between High & Lo (Elements, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.98 — 29,791 ratings — published 2016
Ten Mile Bottom (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.97 — 299 ratings — published 2018
A Chip and a Chair (Seven of Spades, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,680 ratings — published 2019
One-Eyed Royals (Seven of Spades, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,873 ratings — published 2018
Cash Plays (Seven of Spades, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,135 ratings — published 2018
Trick Roller (Seven of Spades, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,002 ratings — published 2018
The Perils of Intimacy (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.94 — 186 ratings — published 2017
Kiss the Sky (Calloway Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.18 — 97,907 ratings — published 2014
Ghosted (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.99 — 52,469 ratings — published 2017
Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,701 ratings — published 2016
Steadfast (True North #2)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.17 — 14,256 ratings — published 2016
Teenage Degenerate (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.91 — 645 ratings — published 2016
El Estudiante (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.71 — 4,075 ratings — published 2014
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.18 — 111,280 ratings — published 2007
Thrive (Addicted, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.97 — 57,667 ratings — published 2014
Half Moon Chambers (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,230 ratings — published 2012
Come Unto These Yellow Sands (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,390 ratings — published 2011
Double Full (Nice Guys, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,512 ratings — published 2013
Big Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.40 — 4,729 ratings — published 2009
In My Skin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as addicts)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,976 ratings — published 2005
![The Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] by Dominic Milton Trott](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663442737l/62619333._SX98_.jpg "The Drug Users Bible [Extended Edition] by Dominic Milton Trott")
“At the core of domestic violence is power and control.”
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“The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict?
The answer is that he usually does not intend to become an addict. You don’t wake up one morning and decide to be a drug addict. It takes at least three months’ shooting twice a day to get any habit at all. And you don’t really know what junk sickness is until you have had several habits. It took me almost six months to get my first habit, and then the withdrawal symptoms were mild. I think it no exaggeration to say it takes about a year and several hundred injections to make an addict.
The questions, of course, could be asked: Why did you ever try narcotics? Why did you continue using it long enough to become an addict? You become a narcotics addict because you do not have strong motivations in the other direction. Junk wins by default. I tried it as a matter of curiosity. I drifted along taking shots when I could score. I ended up hooked. Most addicts I have talked to report a similar experience. They did not start using drugs for any reason they can remember. They just drifted along until they got hooked. If you have never been addicted, you can have no clear idea what it means to need junk with the addict’s special need. You don’t decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and you’re an addict. (Junky, Prologue, p. xxxviii)”
― Junky
The answer is that he usually does not intend to become an addict. You don’t wake up one morning and decide to be a drug addict. It takes at least three months’ shooting twice a day to get any habit at all. And you don’t really know what junk sickness is until you have had several habits. It took me almost six months to get my first habit, and then the withdrawal symptoms were mild. I think it no exaggeration to say it takes about a year and several hundred injections to make an addict.
The questions, of course, could be asked: Why did you ever try narcotics? Why did you continue using it long enough to become an addict? You become a narcotics addict because you do not have strong motivations in the other direction. Junk wins by default. I tried it as a matter of curiosity. I drifted along taking shots when I could score. I ended up hooked. Most addicts I have talked to report a similar experience. They did not start using drugs for any reason they can remember. They just drifted along until they got hooked. If you have never been addicted, you can have no clear idea what it means to need junk with the addict’s special need. You don’t decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and you’re an addict. (Junky, Prologue, p. xxxviii)”
― Junky
