9780062693464-0062693468-As Needed for Pain: A Memoir of Addiction

As Needed for Pain: A Memoir of Addiction

ISBN-13: 9780062693464
ISBN-10: 0062693468
Author: Dan Peres
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Harper
Format: Hardcover 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780062693464
ISBN-10: 0062693468
Author: Dan Peres
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Harper
Format: Hardcover 256 pages

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As Needed for Pain: A Memoir of Addiction (ISBN-13: 9780062693464 and ISBN-10: 0062693468), written by authors Dan Peres, was published by Harper in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Journalists (Professionals & Academics, Substance Abuse, Addiction & Recovery) books. You can easily purchase or rent As Needed for Pain: A Memoir of Addiction (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Journalists books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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.

Dan Peres wasn’t born to be a media insider. As an awkward, magic-obsessed adolescent, nothing was further from his reality than the catwalks of Paris or the hallways of glossy magazine publishers. A gifted writer and shrewd cultural observer, Peres eventually took the leap—even when it meant he had to fake a sense of belonging in a new world of famed fashion designers, celebrities, and some of media’s biggest names. But he had a secret: opiates.

Peres’s career as an editor at W magazine and Details is well known, but little is known about his private life as a high-functioning drug addict. In As Needed for Pain, Peres lays bare for the first time the extent of his drug use—at one point a 60-pill-a-day habit.

By turns humorous and gripping, Peres’s story is a cautionary coming-of-age tale filled with unforgettable characters and breathtaking brushes with disaster. But the heart of the book is his journey from outsider to insecure insider, what it took to get him there, and how he found his way back from a killing addiction.

As Needed for Pain offers a rare glimpse into New York media’s past—a time when print magazines mattered—and a rarefied world of wealth, power, and influence. It is also a brilliant, shocking dissection of a life teetering on the edge of destruction, and what it took to pull back from the brink.

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