As needed for pain : a memoir of addiction / Dan Peres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peres, Daniel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peres, Daniel.

Drug addicts--United States--Biography.

Drug addicts.

Opioid abuse.

Drug addicts--Rehabilitation.

United States.

Drug addicts--Rehabilitation--United States--Case studies.

Opioid abuse--United States.

Periodical editors--United States--Biography.

Periodical editors.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 236 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Memoir of addiction

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Summary:

In the vein of Mary Karr's Lit, Augusten Burroughs' Dry and Sarah Hepola's Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and riveting--and often wryly funny--addiction memoir from one of New York media's most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career--Jacket.

A gifted writer and shrewd cultural observer for W magazine, Peres had to fake a sense of belonging in a new world of famed fashion designers, celebrities, and some of media's biggest names. But he had a secret: opiates. Here he lays bare for the first time the extent of his drug use. By turns humorous and gripping, the heart of the book is his journey from outsider to insecure insider, what it took to get him there, and how he found his way back from a killing addiction. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Pills

Brut

Tawny

Magnum opus

The cartwheel

Unraveling, part 1

The kavorka

Reunion

Unraveling, part II

St. Vincent's

Crossing the line

Chickpea

Tyson

Rock star

I never died

Warnings and consequences

Donna

Rock star redux

Busted

Magic.

ISBN:

9780062693464

0062693468

OCLC:

1139320695