My Suicide Race: Winning Over the Trauma of Addiction, Recovery, and Coming Out

By: Mark A. Turnipseed

Narrated by: Mark A. Turnipseed

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

It is my absolute pleasure to add my own personal emotional tone as I read to you my story of redemption from trauma and addiction.

"At the tender age of six, Mark Turnipseed received what he felt was a clear and devastating message: It isn't okay to like other boys, and if you do, you're bound for Hell. His confusion and self-hatred made him determined to become the boy he believed he was supposed to be, but in attempting to live a lie, he descended into a hell of his own making. In this unflinchingly honest debut memoir, Mark takes us on a harrowing journey as he bounces off the restrictive walls of his closet and plunges into the darkness of drug and alcohol addiction, prostitution, and suicide attempts. He bravely lets us inside the raw, tragic mind of an addict and sexual trauma survivor whose self-denial threatens to destroy him and everyone who loves him. After surviving numerous relapses, Mark finally finds a surprising key to saving his own life. While training for a triathlon, he embraces a fresh commitment to sober strategies that lead to good health, self-acceptance, and authenticity-offering hope for all who struggle with the shame and self-hatred that fuel addictions. While showing that recovery is possible even for those who struggle for years to reach sobriety, My Suicide Race also unveils the often-unseen links between addiction, suicidal ideation, and the trauma of coming out."

©2021 Mark A. Turnipseed (P)2021 Mark A. Turnipseed

A must read for ALL parents and grandparents!

If you are looking for an engaging, emotional and courageous story…..this is IT! If you are looking for a story that will make you laugh and cry…..this IS it! This life story is not for the WEAK! It is REAL! You don’t have to be in recovery or gay to LOVE this book.

Although IF you know someone who is, this is a MUST read and proof again why I am obsessed with audible when an author is also the narrator. This Mark Turnipseed was captivating! He TRULY opened my mind AND my heart, I will be a more compassionate person thanks to this MUST read. As an actively engaged Grandparent to 4 Grandsons under 5 I now have a NEW perspective how our words and actions can have such a BIG impact on these little minds.

A truly inspiration story of the author’s life

One of the most honest, down to earth memoirs ever written. The fact it was read by the author himself, gives this book top rating in my opinion! Whoever made that decisions… deserves a raise!!

Listening to his voice as he tells the story of his life, you can almost feel the shame, feel the embarrassment, the darkness he has experienced in his daily life for many years.

It takes a lot of courage to share your life in front of millions of people, your insecurities, deep dirty secrets, the good, the bad, and the VERY ugly, and that, in my opinion deserves respect!

Reading about how he has made a decision to leave his past life behind and listening to him talk about the intense training required to train for a triathlon, it almost felt as if I was there training with him! it gave me the motivation to get to the gym this very morning and run as fast as I could to beat my own personal record running. It lit a fire under my ass to keep beating my best record each and every time.

This book will save many lives, it will inspire many to find a reason to not only live, but to live your best life. It will teach you that it’s okay to be true to who you are, no matter what anyone says. It will teach you that you can do things you didn’t dream were possible, as long your mindset is there and your “why” is clearly identified.

Thank you Mark, for sharing your story with the world. Overall, this is an all around 5 star book, and no surprise at all that this is the Best Seller.

A Must "Hear" Book

This was one of those books that you just had to keep reading. Loved it.