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American Drug Addict
- a memoir
- Narrated by: Ryan Turner
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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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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- Maria
- 12-04-23
Brilliant
A must read for anyone struggling with any issues along the lines of drugs and alcohol, or perhaps supplying someone through recovery. Stark honesty, gripping stories and a fantastic and cathartic closing chapter.
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- Emma Beveridge
- 16-02-21
Quality!
Narrator sometimes doesn’t suit the tone but the story and content are so on point. This guy is on the level and it’s a joy to read. A great blend of honest experience, drug use and the destruction that comes with addiction. Bravo!
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- GetToIt
- 08-03-21
A-hole finally starts turning good
How Brett Douglas kept it together as long as he did amazes me! Narrator’s voice captures perfectly the sarcasm, wit, humour, cheek and outrageousness perfectly. Really enjoyable.
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- Jessica Reilly
- 09-02-24
Such a powerful insight of a functioning addict
The narrator nailed it. Loved the story and how true and honest it was. Parts of it were extremely sad but there was lots of moments that made me laugh. I didn’t want the book to end
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- Louise arnold
- 29-10-18
**MUST READ.. AMAZING **
addiction put into words amazingly!
what a journey, that powerlessness us addicts share is so painful, but this story is so gripping... i felt like I walked every step with him. cunning and baffling but so much honesty its painful in parts.
you wont want to put it down x
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- Natalie
- 30-03-22
shockingly real
possibly one of the most hard hitting, real books I have yet to read in relation to addiction.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-11-23
Sociopath takes drugs and attempts an apology
Though it is an interesting and enjoyable listen, I don't think I have ever got to the end of a biography and felt that person had no redeeming features.
This is the story of a truly selfish, dangerous individual that has an excuse for everything.
I felt shocked and guiltily voyeuristic listening to this regularly.
Jail is the right place for him. Society does not need people like this on the streets.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-11-18
Just wow - what a story
Narrated in the style of the lead role played by Cristian Bale in American Psycho, this is an incredibly engaging story. The events are genuinely amusing at times but the the story is harsh. On a few occasions I felt quite uncomfortable and it’s credit to the author that he shifts your emotions at will. I’ve read a lot of autobiographies - a lot linked to hardship of some description - and, this is the best.
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- george applegate jnr
- 04-08-19
A tor de force of drugs, lies, sex, crime..
Mindblowing that the chap is still alive to tell the tale, lessons to be learned..
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- Lee
- 05-04-24
An honest account
This is a warts n all story of a drug addict who had it all then lost it all. Brett tells his story in a straight forward way with few poor me moments. He describes the relationships he has and the way he treated those he loves are all normal for a person lost in the world of addiction. I like his frankness, it’s not all puppies and kittens and is quite gory but it’s a story well told. A freebie from Audible.
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