what are some good drug addiction memoir books?

Persiphone_Hellecat
#1. April 2nd, 2009, at 6:17 AM.

Go Ask Alice. Pax-C

ELF_N_MAGIC
#2. April 3rd, 2009, at 11:28 PM.

“Wired” the John Belushi story is a good one. Spends quit a bit of the book talking about his drug addictions. There is also quit a bit of SNL stuff too.

Shannon H
#3. April 7th, 2009, at 6:19 AM.

It not a memior it is a very good book though its called smack and as you might have guessed its about heroine. it is a realy depressing book but well if you looking for anything happy your looking in the wrong section. also try Naked Lunch that is pretty much everybook that makes a impact on my brain at this time. Happing Reading LOL

deble_2000
#4. April 9th, 2009, at 7:37 AM.

Ellen Hopkins:
Glass
Impulse
Crank
Burned

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Bongwater by Michael Hornburg

Cut by Patricia McCormick

Smack by Melvin Burgess

Candy; A Novel of Love and Addiction by Luke Davies

The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey

Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir by James Salant

Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas

Sex,Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A low Culture by Chuck Klosterman

Junk by Melvin Burgess

Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Cass M
#5. April 10th, 2009, at 3:10 PM.

There’s a book, though its an ethnography, not a memoir that is excellent and deals with the subject. An ethnographer lives in El Barrio ( in New York City) and lives with crack dealers and the people whose lives are influenced by it. Its a wonderful book.

“In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio” by Philippe Bourgois