9780316430937-0316430935-My Fair Junkie

My Fair Junkie

ISBN-13: 9780316430937
ISBN-10: 0316430935
Edition: Reprint
Author: Amy Dresner
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Hachette Books
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780316430937
ISBN-10: 0316430935
Edition: Reprint
Author: Amy Dresner
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Hachette Books
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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My Fair Junkie (ISBN-13: 9780316430937 and ISBN-10: 0316430935), written by authors Amy Dresner, was published by Hachette Books in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Alcoholism (Addiction & Recovery, Substance Abuse) books. You can easily purchase or rent My Fair Junkie (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Alcoholism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.37.

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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.
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