- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Maverick House; illustrated edition edition (3 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905379013
- ISBN-13: 978-1905379019
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 387,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'It's an incredibly compelling read... wonderfully easy to read. It's a great story.'
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'Explosive... Heroin is the most shocking book of the year.'
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book shows how heroin is back with a vengeance. Not alone is the drug still sold in Dublin but it has now spread to provincial towns and villages across Ireland. It is like a virus that has infected the bloodstream of our country and is slowly beginning to turn a new generation of people into addicts.
Little has changed since Julie O'Toole was an addict. The book shows how Ireland faced an upsurge in heroin use in the 1970s, '80s and '90s and single-handedly caused a crime wave of muggings, robberies and house break-ins as desperate addicts tried to get money for their next 'fix'.
This turned the author's community into a no man's land. But the real tragedy was that many of her school friends died from diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis, caused by sharing needles.
More than anything else, she says she doesn't want to see any community suffer what happened to hers in Dublin's inner city.
The book is a gritty and hard read.
Her experiences as a heroin addict have enabled her to help others in a way she could only have imagined when she was a teenager trapped in addiction.
Hundreds of people have spoken to me about this book since it was published. Many spoke of fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters who were addicts and desperately in need of help.
The book's message is simple. It says there is hope for everyone. No one is beyond saving. Heroin addiction can be overcome given time and resources, and love.
Sometimes those who need help more than anyone just need to know their families are there for them and care about them. Given time, they will come around and look for help.
Never forget that drug addicts are victims. They are people who simply made a mistake by taking drugs and only realised their error when it was too late. It could happen to anyone.
This book will help you to understand heroin addiction and how it changes people for the worse. But it's important that everyone remembers that addicts are victims and they can change for the better.
Little has changed since Julie O'Toole was an addict. The book shows how Ireland faced an upsurge in heroin use in the 1970s, '80s and '90s and single-handedly caused a crime wave of muggings, robberies and house break-ins as desperate addicts tried to get money for their next 'fix'.
This turned the author's community into a no man's land. But the real tragedy was that many of her school friends died from diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis, caused by sharing needles.
More than anything else, she says she doesn't want to see any community suffer what happened to hers in Dublin's inner city.
The book is a gritty and hard read.
Her experiences as a heroin addict have enabled her to help others in a way she could only have imagined when she was a teenager trapped in addiction.
Hundreds of people have spoken to me about this book since it was published. Many spoke of fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters who were addicts and desperately in need of help.
The book's message is simple. It says there is hope for everyone. No one is beyond saving. Heroin addiction can be overcome given time and resources, and love.
Sometimes those who need help more than anyone just need to know their families are there for them and care about them. Given time, they will come around and look for help.
Never forget that drug addicts are victims. They are people who simply made a mistake by taking drugs and only realised their error when it was too late. It could happen to anyone.
This book will help you to understand heroin addiction and how it changes people for the worse. But it's important that everyone remembers that addicts are victims and they can change for the better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Was looking forward to reading this after reading the good reviews.. what a disappointment. This is badly written. Very matter of fact, lack of detail and most of the book is about the childhood of the author rather than about the actual addiction. From a book such as this, I would expect some detail of the childhood but a lot of it was irrelevant, particularly considering the title of the book.
The journey through the authors addiction lacked detail and was barely descritive - not at all what I would expect from an autobiography of such a serious addiction.
I read a lot of books about drug addiction so perhaps I expected more compared with some of the other amazing other books I've read although whatever category this comes under, it's not worth the money.
The journey through the authors addiction lacked detail and was barely descritive - not at all what I would expect from an autobiography of such a serious addiction.
I read a lot of books about drug addiction so perhaps I expected more compared with some of the other amazing other books I've read although whatever category this comes under, it's not worth the money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found this book inspiring and also quite informative. I would recommend it to anyone who is struggling with the addiction of a loved one.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
* Very Disappointed *
I have read several books on Heroin and recovery and this is not worth buying, lacks details. I was very disappointed with this one, if you want to read on Heroin addiction and... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Tinaj
An interesting reading
I strongly recommend this book as an useful reading for teachers, educators and parents.
Story of Julie shows real situation of persons with addiction problems with no... Read more
Story of Julie shows real situation of persons with addiction problems with no... Read more
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