Leaving dirty Jersey : a crystal meth memoir / James Salant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salant, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salant, James.

Drug addicts--New Jersey--Biography.

Drug addicts.

Methamphetamine abuse--New Jersey--Case studies.

Methamphetamine abuse.

Ice (Drug).

New Jersey.

Genre:

Case studies.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, [2007]

Summary:

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 typical of almost any American family. This story is shocking precisely because it could happen to almost anyone.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction: An acid-friendly atmosphere

Sketching Riverside

Get straight for life

Cyrstal Meth

Babysitting Megan

Maki

Wendy's package

My room

Brady and the house across the bridge

At the Concha Linda

Alone with the bushmen

Family

Big Manny from Fontana

The visit

My brother Joe

Feet of clay

Hitting bottom

Overdose

Grapes

Going back

Epilogue: Luck and circumstance.

ISBN:

9781416936299

1416936297

OCLC:

77504437

Online:

Publisher description