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American Drug Addict

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American Drug Addict

By: Brett Douglas
Narrated by: Ryan Turner
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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.

©2017 Brett Douglas, TCA Books, LLC (P)2018 Tantor Marriage Memoir American Addict
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So much relevance, hilarious, gut wrenching, honest, appreciated. Thank you for your authentic real story.

Extraordinary book, inspirational Brett.

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Fear and Loathing in Pensacola Florida with a little redemption thrown in. Honest, horrifying and funny, this is a story well told with a willingness to confront the author's abhorrent behaviour and extraordinary highs and lows.

Suburban Fear and Loathing

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Thank you for the insight I have gathered from this book, it will help me be a better counsellor and person in the future. I thought I had a fair idea what an addictive lifestyle entailed, little did I know…

Breathtaking

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author did a good job writing a memoir and thats all rest its not rewarding.

so for 80% of the book it was "look how i did drugs" and 10% was yay i got fixed via rehab 10% was i luv myself.

still author kept me interested for straight 8-9 hours and i heard the whole of it in one go

still hate drug addicts and vote anyday to pass a law to shoot them on spot instead of burning tax payers money on fixing them.

childish and honest but no help

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As a functional alcoholic now in my mid 60s, although not living in the US this really resonated with me. I wish all the best for Brett and thank him for his honesty, it was a hell of a tale. Bless.

Awesome story.

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What a life this man lead. Well narrated and butally honest.
Displays an addicts life perfectly.

One of the best addiction stories

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On one hand this book seems like an incredible insight into the mind of an addict, I could not stop listening. On the other, I found the author to be deeply unlikeable, his behaviour was absolutely deporable throughout. He was constantly big upping his intelligence, wealth and charm yet in reality he was a hoffific racist, sexist, egomaniac... but hey he had heaps of gay friends, so that makes it all ok! What lead to his addiction? He seemed to have a pretty easy going white middle class upbringing with no real trauma. He just enjoyed a hedonistic lifestyle. Given this memoir was written in jail, so closely following his last documented spiral, I feel sceptical that his sobriety finally stuck. Is the book a true cleanse and taking of stock for the future or just an opportunity for a money grab to shoot up? Would love a 2024 follow up.

In two minds...

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Second half of the book is where it gets really interesting. Well worth a listen

Eye opener

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Great narrative. Dreadful AI narrator. The Narrator needs to be human and respect the art if book writing. This promotes creativity!!

Awful AI version of a great Story.

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This person is just so awful. I feel so sorry for anyone who was unfortunate enough to come in to contact with him.
Do not buy!

Couldn’t finish the book.

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