High Achiever
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Tiffany Jenkins
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis. “Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author of My Fair JunkieWhen word got out that Tiffany Jenkins was withdrawing from opiates on the floor of a jail cell, people in her town were shocked. Not because of the twenty felonies she’d committed, or the nature of her crimes, or even that she’d been captain of the high school cheerleading squad just a few years earlier, but because her boyfriend was a Deputy Sherriff, and his friends—their friends—were the ones who’d arrested her. A raw and twisty page-turning memoir that reads like fiction, High Achiever spans Tiffany’s life as an active opioid addict, her 120 days in a Florida jail where every officer despised what she’d done to their brother in blue, and her eventual recovery. With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease—whether it’s a loved one or themselves.
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Author
Tiffany Jenkins
Pages
384
Publisher
Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
Published Date
2019-06-18
ISBN
0593135962 9780593135969
Ratings
Google: 5
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"I read this book in less than 24 hours. It was so good. Tiffany has a way of writing to make you feel like you were right there with her. As a recovering addict myself, I could feel the shame and the guilt right along with her. I think this is an important book to read if you're struggling with addiction, or someone you know is struggling. It made me feel hope and reassurance knowing there is a future. "
"I loved it I will reread this whenever I need to know **** can change if you just try and keep trying"
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Melissa Morales