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American Drug Addict
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- Narrated by: Ryan Turner
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 03-27-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Tantor Audio
Regular price: $17.49
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Publisher's Summary
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.
My story has everything: sex, death, pain, atheism, God, jail, marriage, divorce, heresy, homosexuality, physics, traffic fatalities, computer science, video games, cinnamon toothpicks, Barry Manilow, Nine Inch Nails, pornography, breasts, used tampons, strippers, venereal disease, abortion, prostitutes, AIDS, racism, suicide, infidelity, public nudity, anti-Semitism, marijuana, alcohol, pawn shops, drug dealers, needles, acid, ecstasy, crack, heroin, pain pills, withdrawal, interventions, rehabs, product tampering, road rage, vandalism, elderly abuse, grave desecration, arson, identity theft, burglary, armed robbery, and murder.
But more importantly, 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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- karen nichols
- 09-29-18
UGHHHH. NOOOO.
SO disappointing that this book turned into a ridiculous church service at the end. Absolutely ridiculous.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
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- Kari Hicks
- WARSAW, IN
- 05-17-18
honest as you can get
This book is as honest and self admitting as you can get and a true look at a life long struggle with substance love and abuse. Funny and heart wrenching. Douglas is a great story teller
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- ashley Atkinson
- 05-01-18
What an in depth eye-opening biography!
I had no idea about some of the depths of hell junkies will go to in order to get their fix. Such a waste. Informative though.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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- Jamie
- CORDOVA, TN
- 08-24-18
This book was horrible!
I generally like memoir's like this that discuss the troubled past and way to recovery but this book was too disgusting. I found the author racist and narcissistic. He comes across as quite the dirtbag which I would expect some outrageous things since this is a book about addiction but his use of the N word and constant putting down the African American community was too much for me along with his sleeping with a 14 year old while high, not supporting his family and coming across as a catered to rich kid who had everything he needed and he kept screwing up. He made insults at others when he really should look in the mirror.
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
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- bri gibson
- 07-22-18
American drug addict
What can I say about this , that hasn't already been said? It's so amazing!I love the way it is written in complete honesty,I have 335days today and this book just explained my life in grate detail,I just want it to keep going couldn't put it down.
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- Dennis Hinkamp
- Logan, Utah USA
- 11-15-18
Engaging Train Wreck at First
The author comes off as kind of a jerk even without the drugs. He does despicable things in unfathomable quantities and pops in and out of recovery so you sort of wonder if there will be sad postscript to this book. The pacing and narrator's cadence makes it come off as bragging. I've listed to a lot of books to try to understand the opioid crisis and I don't think this one added much to my understanding.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-07-18
Skip it
A good story but poorly written and performed. It read like a high school essay where the writer used a thesaurus to insert big words. Many of the side stories weren’t needed and made it hard to follow.
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- Peter Wiley
- 08-09-18
Excellent! Best Book So Far
From the story to the narration, this audio book is great. It is actually just like a drug. I couldn’t get enough of it. I was addicted to keep listening to it to see what happened next. He did not disappoint. The narrator was awesome. I will def be listening to this again.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-13-18
Captivating
An honest, forthright yet heartwrenching memoir. Highly recommend this book or in audible form for addicts wanting to seek help for addiction.
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- DIY manAmazon Customer
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gr8 book
this book was a very good read . it was moving and interesting from start to finish. I recommend this book to anyone seeking to learn about drug addiction.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-16-18
Just wow - what a story
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**MUST READ.. AMAZING **
addiction put into words amazingly!
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- LBlanco
- 07-08-18
Beauty Misery
A lesson how to destroy your life and then rebuild it.
Sometimes life gives us a second chance. This audiobook is for those who choose to change their situation or who think they are trapped forever in a spiral with no way out.
Drug addiction is the same for everyone. It steals your health and isolates you from the real world and your loved ones.
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