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- One Woman's Triumph over Trauma and Addiction
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Brandon Novak, an actor known for the films Jackass and Viva La Bam, among others, was a teenage skateboarder, but his lust for heroin led to a junkie’s destiny on the streets of Baltimore. Arrests, rehabs, and drug-tortured love triangles consumed Novak’s life, until his childhood friend and Jackass alumnus Bam Margera guided him to MTV fame. But Novak’s stardom led him down a self-destructive path that forced him to sculpt his future.
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3 out of 5 stars
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it was a story about overcoming addiction.
- De MR. Stacey King. en 04-20-24
De: Joe Frantz
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Redefining Realness
- My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
- De: Janet Mock
- Narrado por: Janet Mock
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,582
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,418
With unflinching honesty and moving prose, Janet Mock relays her experiences of growing up young, multiracial, poor, and trans in America, offering listeners accessible language while imparting vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of a marginalized and misunderstood population.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Wonderful Memoir
- De Jo en 01-24-16
De: Janet Mock
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Trans Figured
- My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
- De: Brian Belovitch
- Narrado por: Joel Froomkin
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Brian Belovitch has the rare distinction of coming out three times: first as a queer teenager; second as a glamorous transgender woman named Tish, and later, Natalia Gervais; and finally as an HIV-positive gay man surviving the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. From growing up in a barely-working-class first-generation immigrant family in Fall River, Massachusetts, to spinning across the disco dance floor of Studio 54 in New York City, Brian escaped many near-death experiences. Trans Figured chronicles a life lived on the edge with an unforgettable cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How utterly exhausting
- De Leah en 11-19-18
De: Brian Belovitch
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Scars and Stilettos - 2nd Edition
- De: Harmony Dust
- Narrado por: Harmony Dust
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Scars and Stilettos: At 13, after being abandoned by her mother one summer and left to take care of her younger brother, Harmony becomes susceptible to a relationship that turns out to be toxic, abusive, and ultimately exploitative. She eventually finds herself working in a strip club at the age of 19, and her boyfriend becomes her pimp, controlling her every move and taking all of her money. Ultimately, she discovers a path to freedom and a whole new life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A religious book
- De Amazonbuyer en 10-12-21
De: Harmony Dust
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Snow
- A Love Story Birthed in the Streets (Snow, Book 1)
- De: Jessica N. Watkins
- Narrado por: Jay Miranda, Patrick Stevens
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 491
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 434
Azu Wilson gave his oldest daughter the name Snow because she was born amongst his snowfall on the city of Gary, Indiana in 2001. Then, Azu had just began to drop tons kilos of coke on the city, starting the birth of his empire. Fast forward 18 years later, Snow is Azu's favorite girl and only daughter. She has been doted on by her father. Now, she is off to college with her best friends, Tristan and Bae. They hope that their move out of the violent streets of Chicago to Tallahassee will bring positive change to the brutally savage lives they have lived.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Stop putting this Narrator on Urban Books.
- De Cookie C. en 01-23-20
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Smashed
- Story of a Drunken Girlhood
- De: Koren Zailckas
- Narrado por: Ellen Archer
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, 24-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes "the usual". With the stylistic freshness of a poet and the dramatic gifts of a novelist, Zailckas describes her first sip at 14, alcohol poisoning at 16, blacked-out sexual experience at 19, and total disorientation after waking up in an unfamiliar New York City apartment at 22.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Smashed
- De John Riggs en 07-14-05
De: Koren Zailckas
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The Boy Kings of Texas
- A Memoir
- De: Domingo Martinez
- Narrado por: Emilio Delgado
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 356
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 323
A lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980s, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become "real" Americans, even at the expense of their shared family history. This is really un-mined territory in the memoir genre that gives in-depth insight into a previously unexplored corner of America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was Okay
- De DebKoo en 05-17-13
De: Domingo Martinez
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Dancing For the Devil
- One Woman's Dramatic and Divine Rescue from the Sex Industry
- De: Anny Donewald, Carrie Gerlach Cecil
- Narrado por: Anny Donewald
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
The daughter of an NCAA Championship-winning basketball coach and a stay-at-home mom, Anny Donewald had a seemingly blessed childhood. Then, at thirteen, one of her father’s players sexually abused her, and Donewald embarked on a path toward self-destruction. When Donewald was convinced to compete in an amateur night at a strip club, she found herself drawn into a world of drugs, money, and flesh peddlers in Michigan and Chicago - and eventually Las Vegas’ hottest XXX clubs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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blunt
- De nicole en 05-23-15
De: Anny Donewald, y otros
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Born Bright
- A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America
- De: C. Nicole Mason
- Narrado por: Robin Eller
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Born Bright, C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, is a story of reconciliation, constrained choices, and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled. By high school, Mason was seamlessly straddling two worlds.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid Book
- De Daryl en 11-06-16
De: C. Nicole Mason
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Color Me In
- De: Natasha Díaz
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, 16-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but because she inadvertently passes as white, her cousin thinks she's too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices African Americans face on a daily basis.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings about this book
- De Rachel Kohlbrenner en 02-02-20
De: Natasha Díaz
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People Kill People
- De: Ellen Hopkins
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
People kill people. Guns just make it easier. A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse, bought by a teenager for needed protection. But which was it? Each has the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of a white supremacist youth organization? Daniel, who fears retaliation because of his race, who possessively clings to Grace, the love of his life? Or Noelle, who lost everything after a devastating accident, and has sunk quietly into depression?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ellen You've done it again!
- De Gillian Francoeur en 06-12-20
De: Ellen Hopkins
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Harley Loco
- A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk from the Middle East to the Lower East Side
- De: Rayya Elias
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 25
When she was 7, Rayya Elias and her family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early. Elias moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. At the height of the punk movement, life on the Lower East Side was full of adventure, creative inspiration, and temptation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not crazy about the voice actor
- De devon en 11-01-23
De: Rayya Elias
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Three-Fifths
- De: John Vercher
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Pittsburgh, 1995. The son of a black father he’s never known and a white mother he sometimes wishes he didn’t, 22-year-old Bobby Saraceno is passing for white. Raised by his bigoted maternal grandfather, Bobby has hidden his truth from everyone, even his best friend and fellow comic-book geek, Aaron, who has just returned home from prison a hardened racist.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good BUT not as good as it sounded
- De jaymie thomas en 12-13-19
De: John Vercher
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A Bad Idea I'm About to Do
- True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure
- De: Chris Gethard
- Narrado por: Chris Gethard
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
Chris Gethard has often found himself in awkward situations most people, including you, probably would have safely avoided. The good news is now, thanks to this book, you can enjoy the painfully funny consequences of his unfortunate decisions at a safe distance. A Bad Idea I'm About to Do invites listeners to join Chris as he navigates an adolescence and adulthood mired in hilariously ill-fated nerdom, and to take comfort in the fact that - as his experiences often prove - things could always be much, much worse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!!!
- De Amber G en 10-02-20
De: Chris Gethard
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Permanent Midnight
- A Memoir (20th Anniversary Edition)
- De: Jerry Stahl, Nic Sheff - foreword
- Narrado por: Jerry Stahl, Scott Merriman
- Duración: 11 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
A searing confessional infused with the darkest humor, Permanent Midnight chronicles the opiated abyss of a Hollywood screenwriter and his formidable climb into sobriety. Made into a major motion picture starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Permanent Midnight is revered by critics and an ever-growing cult of devoted fans as one of the most compelling contemporary memoirs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Point deduction for the recording
- De Amazon Customer en 11-21-20
De: Jerry Stahl, y otros
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Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
- De: Karin Slaughter
- Narrado por: Kathleen Early
- Duración: 2 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 337
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 292
A beautiful young girl was walking down the street - when suddenly …Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. A beautiful and intelligent nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened - because girls are disappearing without a trace. Fellow student Beatrice Oliver and a homeless woman called Mona-No-Name are missing, both gone after being snatched off the street. Julia is determined to discover the reason behind their disappearances - before she's next.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- De Addie en 12-07-15
De: Karin Slaughter
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Everything You Ever Wanted
- A Memoir
- De: Jillian Lauren
- Narrado por: Jillian Lauren
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei's harem, an experience she immortalized in her best-selling memoir, Some Girls. In her 30s, Jillian's most radical act is learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for adoptive families
- De berry bomb en 07-06-22
De: Jillian Lauren
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My Body
- De: Emily Ratajkowski
- Narrado por: Emily Ratajkowski
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,301
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,105
Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age 21, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture’s commodification of women is the subject of this book.
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1 out of 5 stars
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so vain..
- De Emily Valdez en 01-10-22
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Strung Out
- One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me
- De: Erin Khar
- Narrado por: Jayme Mattler
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 283
This deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her 15-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people in America currently battling with this addiction. Growing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding. After first experimenting with her grandmother’s expired painkillers, Khar started using heroin when she was thirteen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Surface material
- De blythe mayfield en 03-06-20
De: Erin Khar
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Tweakerworld
- A Memoir
- De: Jason Yamas
- Narrado por: Jason Yamas
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
After Jason’s world falls apart in LA, he moves to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction has exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within weeks, Jason plunges into the sprawling ParTy n’ ’Play subculture of the Bay Area’s gay community. It is a wildly decadent scene of drugs, group sex, and criminals, and yet it is also filled with surprising characters, people who are continually subverting Jason’s own presumptions of the stereotypical tweaker.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exhausting
- De Thom Pierson en 03-09-23
De: Jason Yamas
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My Fair Junkie
- A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
- De: Amy Dresner
- Narrado por: Amy Dresner
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 999
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 996
In the tradition of Orange Is the New Black and Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight, Amy Dresner's My Fair Junkie is an insightful, darkly funny, and shamelessly honest memoir of one woman's battle with all forms of addiction, hitting rock bottom, and forging a path to a life worth living.
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5 out of 5 stars
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if you don't read this I'll brandish a bread knife
- De Jackie Lange en 03-02-18
De: Amy Dresner
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Stash
- My Life in Hiding
- De: Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Narrado por: Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
After years of hiding her addiction from everyone—from stockpiling pills in her Louboutins to elaborately scheduling withdrawals between PTA meetings, baby showers, and tennis matches—Laura Cathcart Robbins settles into a complicated purgatory. She learns the hard way that privilege doesn’t protect you from pain. Facing divorce, the possibility of a grueling custody battle, and internalized racism, Robbins wonders just how much more she can take. Now, with courage, she reveals how she managed to begin the long journey toward sobriety and unexpectedly finding new love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Mom/wife alcoholism memoir I’ve read
- De Allison M. Billet en 04-06-23
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That's What Junkies Do
- De: Thomas Figlioli
- Narrado por: Shanon Weaver
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 76
That's What Junkies Do is a brutally honest, often dark journey of one man's struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction. The story starts innocently enough in 1980's Brooklyn, NY, with a young boy, Thomas Figlioli, making a bad choice so he could gain the respect of a group of kids he looked up to and admired. Alcohol gives him the courage to be the person he always wanted to be. His fear and insecurity leaves and his lifelong struggle begins. When thoughts of ending it all become a better choice than living how he is, Thomas finally asks for help.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The honesty and story gripped me right from the beginning and never let go.
- De JOHN GERMIN en 09-08-21
De: Thomas Figlioli
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Blood Orange Night
- My Journey to the Edge of Madness
- De: Melissa Bond
- Narrado por: Melissa Bond
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
As Melissa Bond raises her infant daughter and a special-needs one-year-old son, she suffers from unbearable insomnia, sleeping an hour or less each night. She loses her job as a journalist (a casualty of the 2008 recession), and her relationship with her husband grows distant. Her doctor casually prescribes benzodiazepines—a family of drugs that includes Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan—and increases her dosage regularly.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tragic story but
- De Sick of Crappy Service en 07-21-22
De: Melissa Bond
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Strung Out
- One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me
- De: Erin Khar
- Narrado por: Jayme Mattler
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 315
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 283
This deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her 15-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people in America currently battling with this addiction. Growing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding. After first experimenting with her grandmother’s expired painkillers, Khar started using heroin when she was thirteen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Surface material
- De blythe mayfield en 03-06-20
De: Erin Khar
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Tweakerworld
- A Memoir
- De: Jason Yamas
- Narrado por: Jason Yamas
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
After Jason’s world falls apart in LA, he moves to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction has exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within weeks, Jason plunges into the sprawling ParTy n’ ’Play subculture of the Bay Area’s gay community. It is a wildly decadent scene of drugs, group sex, and criminals, and yet it is also filled with surprising characters, people who are continually subverting Jason’s own presumptions of the stereotypical tweaker.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exhausting
- De Thom Pierson en 03-09-23
De: Jason Yamas
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My Fair Junkie
- A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
- De: Amy Dresner
- Narrado por: Amy Dresner
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 999
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 996
In the tradition of Orange Is the New Black and Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight, Amy Dresner's My Fair Junkie is an insightful, darkly funny, and shamelessly honest memoir of one woman's battle with all forms of addiction, hitting rock bottom, and forging a path to a life worth living.
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5 out of 5 stars
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if you don't read this I'll brandish a bread knife
- De Jackie Lange en 03-02-18
De: Amy Dresner
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Stash
- My Life in Hiding
- De: Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Narrado por: Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
After years of hiding her addiction from everyone—from stockpiling pills in her Louboutins to elaborately scheduling withdrawals between PTA meetings, baby showers, and tennis matches—Laura Cathcart Robbins settles into a complicated purgatory. She learns the hard way that privilege doesn’t protect you from pain. Facing divorce, the possibility of a grueling custody battle, and internalized racism, Robbins wonders just how much more she can take. Now, with courage, she reveals how she managed to begin the long journey toward sobriety and unexpectedly finding new love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Mom/wife alcoholism memoir I’ve read
- De Allison M. Billet en 04-06-23
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That's What Junkies Do
- De: Thomas Figlioli
- Narrado por: Shanon Weaver
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 76
That's What Junkies Do is a brutally honest, often dark journey of one man's struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction. The story starts innocently enough in 1980's Brooklyn, NY, with a young boy, Thomas Figlioli, making a bad choice so he could gain the respect of a group of kids he looked up to and admired. Alcohol gives him the courage to be the person he always wanted to be. His fear and insecurity leaves and his lifelong struggle begins. When thoughts of ending it all become a better choice than living how he is, Thomas finally asks for help.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The honesty and story gripped me right from the beginning and never let go.
- De JOHN GERMIN en 09-08-21
De: Thomas Figlioli
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Blood Orange Night
- My Journey to the Edge of Madness
- De: Melissa Bond
- Narrado por: Melissa Bond
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
As Melissa Bond raises her infant daughter and a special-needs one-year-old son, she suffers from unbearable insomnia, sleeping an hour or less each night. She loses her job as a journalist (a casualty of the 2008 recession), and her relationship with her husband grows distant. Her doctor casually prescribes benzodiazepines—a family of drugs that includes Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan—and increases her dosage regularly.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tragic story but
- De Sick of Crappy Service en 07-21-22
De: Melissa Bond
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Dreamseller
- An Addiction Memoir
- De: Brandon Novak
- Narrado por: Brandon Novak
- Duración: 8 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 45
At seven, Brandon was a skateboard prodigy. By the time he was fourteen, he was living the dream. Discovered by skate legends Bucky Lasek and Tony Hawk. Touring the US with the elite Powell-Peralta team. Signing autographs and appearing in films and magazines. Brandon had it all. Then he got hooked on heroin. Soon he was living a down-and-out life in a garage, begging for change, and hustling to score his next fix. He stole from his family and friends. He pushed the fantasy that everything was okay, that he was going to rehab, getting help, and getting better. But it was all a lie.
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4 out of 5 stars
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intriguing but arrogant
- De Heather De Cair en 04-17-24
De: Brandon Novak
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As Needed for Pain
- A Memoir of Addiction
- De: Dan Peres
- Narrado por: Joe Hempel
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
In the vein of Mary Karr’s Lit, Augusten Burroughs’ Dry, and Sarah Hepola’s Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and riveting - and often wryly funny - addiction memoir from one of New York media’s most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career.
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2 out of 5 stars
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As Befuddling as His Addiction
- De Constant Reader en 04-13-20
De: Dan Peres
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The Weight of Air
- A Story of the Lies About Addiction and the Truth About Recovery
- De: David Poses
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitchen, measuring the distance from his index finger to his armpit. He needed to be sure he could pull the trigger with a shotgun barrel in his mouth. Twenty-six inches. Thirty-two years old. More than a decade in a double life fueled by depression and heroin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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David’s story is invaluable
- De Kristy Aiken-Smith en 03-13-22
De: David Poses
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Damaged Goods
- A Memoir
- De: Shelley Louise
- Narrado por: Jeanne Scurek
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 9
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This is a deeply personal story of a young woman’s journey through addiction; the loss of her child’s father through an overdose, her mother’s suicide, and the tragic consequences that those lifestyle choices bring. At 15, Shelley was submerged into the seedy world of the red-light district of Honolulu. As the warm-up act for the strippers, she became a topless dancer only to discover she was not emotionally prepared for the lewd attention. Pills and heroin helped her to cope with a lifestyle that was beyond her years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything about this - wow
- De kathleen pfutzenreuter en 04-08-24
De: Shelley Louise
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In My Skin
- A Memoir of Addiction
- De: Kate Holden
- Narrado por: Christy Lynn
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 358
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A shy, bookish college graduate from a solid middle-class home, Kate Holden was uncertain of her way in life. When she decided to try her first hit of heroin, she did not anticipate that the drug would take over. Desperation drove her first to offer her body on the streets and then in high-class brothels, where she discovered hidden strengths as well as parts of herself that frightened her. With the acceptance and unyielding love of a family that never abandoned her, Kate Holden ultimately defeated the drug and left her netherworld behind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING...
- De Margaret en 10-02-13
De: Kate Holden
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American Drug Addict
- a memoir
- De: Brett Douglas
- Narrado por: Ryan Turner
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 601
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 541
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My name is Brett. I'm a college-educated man who was once a husband of 26 years with two children, three businesses, and a large home with an actual white picket fence. I'm also a drug addict. And I have a tale to tell. It's about the despair of addiction and the absolute certainty that it can be overcome. Recovery is not simply abstinence, but a process of growing up. I spent my entire life searching for the key to long-term sobriety. I would like to share with you what I have learned.
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2 out of 5 stars
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UGHHHH. NOOOO.
- De karen McCann en 09-29-18
De: Brett Douglas
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How to Murder Your Life
- A Memoir
- De: Cat Marnell
- Narrado por: Cat Marnell
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,393
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,255
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,250
From Cat Marnell, "New York's enfant terrible" ( The Telegraph), a candid and darkly humorous memoir of prescription drug addiction and self-sabotage, set in the glamorous world of fashion magazines and downtown nightclubs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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nice book
- De Taylor en 03-14-17
De: Cat Marnell
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Glorious Rock Bottom
- De: Bryony Gordon
- Narrado por: Bryony Gordon
- Duración: 5 h y 39 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 71
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Bryony Gordon is a respected journalist, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning mental health campaigner. She is also an alcoholic. In Glorious Rock Bottom Bryony opens up about a toxic 20-year relationship with alcohol and drugs and explains exactly why hitting rock bottom - for her, a traumatic event and the abrupt realisation that she was putting herself in danger, time and again - saved her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely fabulous ⭐
- De pixie en 03-05-23
De: Bryony Gordon
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Memoirs Aren't Fairytales
- A Story of Addiction
- De: Marni Mann
- Narrado por: Arden Hammersmith
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 574
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Leaving behind a nightmarish college experience, 19-year-old Nicole and her best friend Eric escape their home of Bangor, Maine to start a new life in Boston. Fragile and scared, Nicole desperately seeks a new beginning to help erase her past. But there is something besides freedom waiting for her in the shadows - a drug that will make every day a nightmare.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Misleading and moralizing
- De Mary en 01-03-19
De: Marni Mann
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Corrections in Ink
- A Memoir
- De: Keri Blakinger
- Narrado por: Keri Blakinger
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 237
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An elite, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger poured herself into the sport, even competing at nationals. But when her skating partnership ended abruptly, her world shattered. With all the intensity she saved for the ice, she dove into self-destruction. From her first taste of heroin, the next nine years would be a blur—living on the streets, digging for a vein, selling drugs and sex, plunging off a bridge when it all became too much, all while trying to hold herself together enough to finish her degree at Cornell.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brutal honesty, great listen
- De Enzo G. en 06-12-22
De: Keri Blakinger
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High Achiever
- The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life
- De: Tiffany Jenkins
- Narrado por: Tiffany Jenkins
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,749
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,387
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,338
With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease - whether it’s a loved one or themselves.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I Get it, You Were an Addict
- De Jim Thompson en 10-16-19
De: Tiffany Jenkins
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One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery
- De: Jordan P. Barnes
- Narrado por: Ryan Haugen
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a lifeless body, rifled through his dead friends’ pockets for any remaining heroin, and went right back to using. Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the opioid crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope and would do everything in their power to get him the help he so desperately needed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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thank you
- De Melanie Alexandra en 03-05-21
De: Jordan P. Barnes
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre From Junkie to Judge
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- Lenny B
- 06-20-23
Incredible and Inspiring
This book is for those who need a reason to believe that their life and circumstances can get better.
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- Rachel Heath
- 02-05-23
Hope and Recovery
A heartbreaking account of trauma, abuse, and neglect. A breathtaking story of resilience, hope, and recovery. Beautifully done.
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- Sunny
- 01-30-23
Loved this story!
This is a wonderful addition to the addiction and recovery genre! Such a powerful story - truly from the depths of the darkest addiction to impressive heights in recovery. Also provides a secular / hybrid approach to recovery. Loved it!
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- Cheryl
- 06-07-23
Glad to hear a recovery story without AA
This was an inspiring story and I was relieved when I didn’t have to read about prayer and 12 steps being involved. The reason I didn’t give it five stars was the narrator’s bizarre pronunciations and pauses when reading it got in the way of the message. Example: sharing antidotes.
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- jan
- 06-19-23
Junkie to Judge
It was well written, sad in its entirety. I would recommend this to anyone especially if in recovery.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-23-24
Great read for anyone suffering with some form of addiction
I’d recommend this book to anyone suffering from addiction because it shows that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
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