Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Paperback
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 2 months ago
Views - 6
Ships From - North Dakota
Est. Publication Date - Apr 2008
Seller Description
Remainder mark on bottom and tiny one on side (no photos, sorry) With his nickname, Dirty Jersey, tattooed on forearm, James Salant wanted everyone to know he was a tough guy. At 18, after one too many run-ins with the cops for drug possession, he left his upper-middle-class home in Princeton, New Jersey, for a rehab facility in Riverside, California. He spent his year there shooting crystal meth and living as a petty criminal until a near psychotic episode convinced him to clean up. He provides graphic descriptions of life on crystal meth--the incredible sex drive, the paranoia, the cravings. He details the slang, the scams, and the psychoses, and weaves them into a narrative that is honest and authentic. He eschews easy answers--his parents were loving and supportive, and his family's subtle dysfunctions are typicalof almost any American family. This story is shocking precisely because it could happen to almost anyone.
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Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir
ISBN: 9781416955115
Publisher Description
Traces the author's descent from a life of wealth and privilege into crystal meth addiction and petty crime throughout the course of a year, a period during which he came to an understanding of the si...
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