Status
Available
Description
"A groundbreaking memoir of a double life fueled by heroin addiction and mental illness." --
Physical description
260 p.; 8.5 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member LeslieWilding
My youngest child died of a heroin overdose two weeks after his 20th birthday. I know addiction first hand. Everything about this book screams compassion, understanding, empathy - every word was reality. It hurt my heart to realize again just what my child endured; but it also helped heal my heart
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LibraryThing member minacee
An overall excellent contribution to the addiction/recovery/mental illness memoir genre.
It did take me a little time to become interested and focused on the story but about a quarter of the way through I was unable to put the book down and it became a fast read. I'm glad to have stuck with it
I do think the subtitle: "A story of the lies about addiction and the truth about recovery" does a disservice to Poses' important words about his experience with addiction. The title almost suggests a nefarious or conspiratorial aspect to the recovery industry. I think the industry is likely filled with well-meaning people who want to help or have themselves been helped by AA/NA's one-size-fits all methods. Methods that sometimes don't see people and their situations as individual cases that may need unique care- like Poses experience.
I'm glad there are advocates in the world like Poses who can tell their story and offer hope about recovery in a different way. Too often people think they are moral failures for not "succeeding" in treatment and that's not helping anybody.
It did take me a little time to become interested and focused on the story but about a quarter of the way through I was unable to put the book down and it became a fast read. I'm glad to have stuck with it
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because what David Poses has to say about addiction and recovery is important.I do think the subtitle: "A story of the lies about addiction and the truth about recovery" does a disservice to Poses' important words about his experience with addiction. The title almost suggests a nefarious or conspiratorial aspect to the recovery industry. I think the industry is likely filled with well-meaning people who want to help or have themselves been helped by AA/NA's one-size-fits all methods. Methods that sometimes don't see people and their situations as individual cases that may need unique care- like Poses experience.
I'm glad there are advocates in the world like Poses who can tell their story and offer hope about recovery in a different way. Too often people think they are moral failures for not "succeeding" in treatment and that's not helping anybody.
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LibraryThing member loraineo
This book gave a very intense , honest description of the author's struggles with addiction. I felt so much compassion for his strength and determination to achieve recovery. As the authors says "addicts aren't bad people, but sad people"...so true.
LibraryThing member benruth
I received this book quite a while back and somehow got stuck such that I was not able to get into it; I was delaying doing my review until I managed to get into it, but somehow I have not been able to go back to it. I read a lot of memoirs, though, and that this one didn't grab me indicates that
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LibraryThing member Litgirl7
Very honest and difficult life as an addict seeking help memoir. There truly is not a one-size-fits-all path to sobriety, and my heart goes out to anyone and everyone who suffers to find the light-and keep it on.
Awards
Independent Publisher Book Awards (Bronze — 2022)
National Indie Excellence Book Awards (Winner — 2023)
ISBN
1954861974 / 9781954861978