My Fair Junkie: Booktrack Edition

A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean

De: Amy Dresner

Narrado por: Amy Dresner

In the tradition of Blackout and Permanent Midnight, a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of one woman's twenty-year battle with sex, drugs, and alcohol addiction, and what happens when she finally emerges on the other side.
Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had it all: a top-notch private-school education, the most expensive summer camps, and even a weekly clothing allowance. But at 24, she started dabbling in meth in San Francisco and unleashed a fiendish addiction monster. Soon, if you could snort it, smoke it, or have sex with it, she did.

Thus began a spiral that eventually landed her in the psych ward--and then penniless, divorced, and looking at 240 hours of court-ordered community service. For two years, assigned to a Hollywood Boulevard "chain gang," she swept up syringes (and worse) as she bounced from rehabs to halfway houses, all while struggling with sobriety, sex addiction, and starting over in her forties. In the tradition of Orange Is the New Black and Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight, this 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.
*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

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"Like Carrie Fisher's 1987 autobiographical novel, Postcards From the Edge, and Mary Karr's 2009 memoir, Lit, Amy Dresner's story of addiction and recovery, My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Stay Clean (Hachette Books), is one for the ages."—Elle

One of BookAuthority's Best Memoir Books of All Time

"Dresner's book is a sickening masterpiece. Hilarious and raw, she cuts to bony truth. I love her!"—Margaret Cho

"Darkly funny, the memoir reckons with demons--sex addiction, drugs, and the quest for sobriety--in brutally honest, entertaining prose."—Refinery29

"Dresner delivered a debut memoir equal parts hilarious and chilling. My Fair Junkie is a must-read story."—POPSUGAR

"Mortifying, hilarious, unsparing, and weirdly life-affirming, My Fair Junkie hits the ground screaming and never lets up. As with all great 'drug memoirs,' the subject of this raw, squirm-fest of an autobiography is not drugs, but what made drugs necessary: the twisted history and relatably depraved torments of the author's own strung-out heart. For fans of Beyond Shame, low-bottom recollectors like Augusten Burroughs and Stephen Elliot, Amy Dresner has earned her spot on the shelf."—Jerry Stahl,author of Permanent Midnight

"Funny, raw, real, and moving. Amy's memoir digs deep inside the world of addiction and takes you on a ride you'd pay to go on again. Amy, like addiction, is a complicated beast that needs to be unraveled and exposed to understand--and she does just that in My Fair Junkie, an incredible read."—Amber Tozer, authorof Sober Stick Figure

"I loved this book! Amy Dresner is the real deal; a fiercely funny writer whose insights into addiction and recovery--and life--are full of truth, free of self-pity, sometimes scathing, often poignant, irresistibly page-turning, and painfully hilarious."—Stephen Guirgis,Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

"The story she tells is hysterically funny at one moment and utterly harrowing the next--and often manages to be both those things at once."—Lawrence Block, NewYork Times bestselling and award-winning crime novelist, journalist, andauthor of the short story collection Enough Rope

"Hypnotic, magical, mesmerizing. Truly great. Amy Dresner is the most startlingly alert, poetic, stunning writer I have come across in decades. She is a real talent such as one rarely encounters."—Ben Stein, lawyer,economist, actor, and author of How to Ruin Your Financial Life

Wow

Absolutely loved this read! I really enjoyed the straight forward approach.
Great read for anyone.
Really enjoyed the first ambient sounds during the reading.
You will not be disappointed

Honest

Loved it! This is a great book to read. I love her honesty .

Addiction and Recovery

What a gut wrenching depiction of addiction told raw and honestly to the reader. I couldn’t put it down!

Well worth the $$ and time.

At first I wanted to write Amy off as another "poor me" little rich girl with a drug habit who used daddys connections to land a book deal....however as I got further into it...the book is honest....funny and Amy is very real and down to earth. Definitely recommend this book to former junkies and non junkies alike. Well worth the $$ and time.

I felt a kinship with the author.

Amy is raw, real, and 100% speaks her truth. I finally feel like there are other people that think and feel fucked up like me. I also received her message of its work, but recovery is there for all of us regardless of how crazy or defeated we feel. Don't give up.

Heard on Skinny Confidential

Had high hopes for this book, as her story blew me away on the skinny confidential podcast. There’s something about the book that made it uneasy to continue listening to it.

decent, but problematic

your story of privilege is off putting. poor writing and descriptions, you don't need to describe every person with the first word being their race. Also very judgemental, full of humble brags. not particularly funny either. glad you made it, but you don't understand the term junkie. you were a speed freak. junkie is specific to heroin addicts. look up the beatniks and where the term originated.