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Chasing the Scream

By: Johann Hari
Narrated by: Johann Hari
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 Bloomsbury presents Chasing the Scream written and read by Johann Hari.

Revised and Updated

The New York Times Bestseller

What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari’s journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question—and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.

One of Johann Hari’s earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years to discover what really causes addiction—and what really solves it.

He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories—of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended their own war on drugs—with extraordinary results.

Chasing the Scream is the story of a life-changing journey that transformed the addiction debate internationally—and showed the world that the opposite of addiction is connection.©2023 Johann Hari (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Mental Health Politics & Government Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Policy Social Sciences Crime Social justice War Health Substance abuse

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I’m a PhD researcher in criminology studying the relationship between autonomy and recovery. I’m also a recovering addict. As a researcher and an addict, I cannot recommend this book (audiobook) highly enough. Hari does an exceptional job explaining things in an accessible and interesting way. A lot of information is shared but it isn’t clunky. I have a lot of knowledge and lived experience surrounding this topic but this book still managed to teach me several new things and changed how I will approaching some of my research. I recommended it to a friend who’s a Chemist and she loves it too - it really is a book that anyone could enjoy.

Brilliant from start to finish

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