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 ‘If someone had told me how hard it would be at times to hold onto sobriety I am not sure I would have signed up to get clean… staying clean and sober is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done.’
What can be more difficult than breaking a drug habit?
Simple: keeping clean. Melinda Ferguson follows her powerful drug memoir Smacked with this brutally honest account of her post-addiction addictions – from self-help fads, to Oprah, to men, to Facebook. How does an addict deal with a world in which instant gratification has become the norm? How does an addict break the cycle of use and abuse that has been their life for so many years? How does an addict balance kids, a career and a relationship while fighting to stay clean?
In this no-holds-barred account of her life after drugs, Melinda Ferguson reveals just how easy it is for recovering addicts to slip back into the patterns of behaviour that led them to use in the first place. She takes us to the dark ‘dangerous’ places that all addicts battle to avoid and shows us just what it takes to come back from the brink.
THE AUTHOR
Melinda Ferguson is a recovering drug addict – a story she recounted in her brave memoir, Smacked (Oshun Books, 2005). She headlines the Radio 702/Cape Talk Crime Line initiative where she shares her knowledge and inspiring tales with young people from all walks of life.
She was a finalist in the First for Women/Triba Women of Courage award and currently works as a features editor for True Love magazine.
Praise for Smacked:
‘This is a story of tremendous courage that plunges into the alleys, veins and valleys of a drug addict, emerging victorious. Educational, entertaining, inspiring and superbly written.’
- Nkhensani Manganyi Nkosi, Stoned Cherrie and Mojo presenter
‘A remarkable solo journey, plunging to hell and beyond, and then soaring to redemption and life.’
- Darryl Accone, author of All Under Heaven and Books Editor for Mail & Guardian
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