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Strung Out

One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me

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Strung Out

By: Erin Khar
Narrated by: Jayme Mattler
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 “This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.”
— New York Times Book Review

“This vital memoir will change how we look at the opioid crisis and how the media talks about it. A deeply moving and emotional read, STRUNG OUT challenges our preconceived ideas of what addiction looks like.”
—Stephanie Land, New York Times bestselling author of Maid

In this deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her fifteen-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people in America currently battling with this addiction.

Growing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding. After first experimenting with her grandmother’s expired painkillers, Khar started using heroin when she was thirteen. The drug allowed her to escape from pressures to be perfect and suppress all the heavy feelings she couldn’t understand.

This fiercely honest memoir explores how heroin shaped every aspect of her life for the next fifteen years and details the various lies she told herself, and others, about her drug use. With enormous heart and wisdom, she shows how the shame and stigma surrounding addiction, which fuels denial and deceit, is so often what keeps addicts from getting help. There is no one path to recovery, and for Khar, it was in motherhood that she found the inner strength and self-forgiveness to quit heroin and fight for her life.

Strung Out is a life-affirming story of resilience while also a gripping investigation into the psychology of addiction and why people turn to opioids in the first place. Addiction & Recovery Gender Studies Medical Mental Health Awareness Professionals & Academics Social Sciences Women Substance abuse Heartfelt Addiction Memoirs

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Such a vivid and honest account of drug addiction and the lost child inside. Beautifully written, gently told. This one will stay with me for a long time I’m sure.

Heartbreakingly good

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Really enjoyed the read. Her candor and then success at the end of the book made it truly inspiring

Great read!!

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Raw, honest and open to share on living life coping with the fallout from childhood trauma, mental health and addiction. Definitely a book for those that have faced or are dealing with similar experiences, as it offers the growth and possibilities of a life by asking for help and receiving the deserved love and support to recover. Grateful reader

Encapsulated trauma, mental health, addiction to cope and recovery as the solution - ask for help!

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very good

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I thought this would be interesting but it was terrible. The author comes across as entitled and spoiled and selfish and about a third of the way in I totally stopped caring about what happened to her. No wonder she hated herself! What kind of an 8 year old takes someone else's medication? You usually have to fight to get an 8 year old to take a pill that is prescribed for them!!!

What a waste of a credit.

What a brat!

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