Apology to the Young Addict

Husband, addict, father, skeptic.

Now sixty―with years of sobriety under his belt―and the father of three sons, James Brown writes about finding a new path in life, making peace with the family whose ghosts have haunted him, and helping the next generation of addicts overcome their disease. Opening with the tragic tale of an elderly couple consumed by opioid addiction and moving through the horrors of a Las Vegas massacre to the loss of a beloved sponsor, these essays draw on Brown’s personal journey of recovery to illustrate how an individual life, in all its messiness and charm, can offer a blueprint for healing. Haunting and hopeful, Apology to the Young Addict is a reinvention of the recovery memoir and a lasting testimony from a master writing at his peak.

Sot, dependent, tata, sceptic. Acum saizeci de ani - cu ani de sobrietate sub brate - si tatal a trei fii, James Brown scrie despre gasirea unei noi cai in viata, stabilirea pacii cu familia ale carei fantome l-au bantuit si ajutor urmatoarea generatie de dependenti isi depaseste boala. Deschizandu-se cu povestea tragica a unui cuplu in varsta consumat de dependenta de opioide si trecand prin ororile unui masacru din Las Vegas catre pierderea unui sponsor iubit, aceste eseuri se bazeaza pe calatoria personala de recuperare a lui Brown pentru a ilustra modul in care o viata individuala, in toate dezordine si farmec, pot oferi un plan pentru vindecare.