The Hit That Would Change Me Forever

'I wanted to be who I felt I was. Broken. A wreck. Unloveable.'

In this no-holds-barred, raw memoir, Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery, Milton Schorr describes his pursuit of drug-induced oblivion and descent into junky hell and degradation and the hard journey to recovery. He was 17 when a 'friend' gave him his first shot of heroin as he squatted on his haunches in a Cape Town flat. Now sober for 20 years, Schorr relates the pivotal points in his journey toward death and back to life. It is essential reading for anyone touched by addiction.

Schorr has published two novels Strange Fish, A Man of the Road and appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as Resident Evil, Tomb Raider and One Piece.

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One night Eli and I pitched up at Brittanys flat and were surprised to see a whole set of freaks in there already, and one of them, a man taller than everyone but me, rose from the head of the table, a godfather for sure.