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  • My Fair Junkie

  • A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
  • By: Amy Dresner
  • Narrated by: Amy Dresner
  • Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,124 ratings)

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My Fair Junkie

By: Amy Dresner
Narrated by: Amy Dresner
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Publisher's summary

In the tradition of Blackout and Permanent Midnight, a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of one woman's 20-year battle with sex, drugs, and alcohol addiction, and what happens when she finally emerges on the other side.

Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had it all: a top-notch private school education, the most expensive summer camps, and even a weekly clothing allowance. But at 24, she started dabbling in meth in San Francisco and unleashed a fiendish addiction monster. Soon, if you could snort it, smoke it, or have sex with, she did.

Smart and charming, with Daddy's money to fall back on, she sort of managed to keep it all together. But on Christmas Eve 2011, all of that changed when, high on Oxycontin, she stupidly "brandished" a bread knife on her husband and was promptly arrested for "felony domestic violence with a deadly weapon".

Within months, she found herself in the psych ward - and then penniless, divorced, and looking at 240 hours of court-ordered community service. For two years, assigned to a Hollywood Boulevard "chain gang", she swept up syringes (and worse) as she bounced from rehabs to halfway houses, all while struggling with sobriety, sex addiction, and starting over in her 40s.

In the tradition of Orange Is the New Black and Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight, Amy Dresner's My Fair Junkie is an insightful, darkly funny, and shamelessly honest memoir of one woman's battle with all forms of addiction, hitting rock bottom, and forging a path to a life worth living.

©2017 Amy Dresner (P)2017 Hachette Audio
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"Like Carrie Fisher's 1987 autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge, and Mary Karr's 2009 memoir, Lit, Amy Dresner's story of addiction and recovery, My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Stay Clean (Hachette Books), is one for the ages." ( Elle)
"Effortlessly candid and wryly written chronicle of a life hijacked by drugs, booze, and bad behavior. As a noted West Hollywood stand-up comedian and addiction journalist, she handles this complex tale with wit.... A hard-knocks addiction memoir buoyed with humor and insight." ( Kirkus)

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loved it!

brutally honest, good structure and very entertaining. also, informative for other addicts on the way forward

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So real

Loved it felt real and gave me hope thank you for the wonderful story I could not stop listening

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must must read

thank you this bool was wondwrful. it is a must read. i could mot put it sown

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So honest and real!!

I’ve read virtually all the addiction memoirs. Amy’s is unique! It is real and honest. To me, this book will help a lot of people!!

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Best Book Ever

This him is the best book I've ever read read it!!!! author is amazingly wonderful

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Love it ❤️

I somehow had never heard of Amy before reading her book! I love your humor and just overall way of telling your story and getting your point across while simultaneously being raw and real about addiction. Like you said “it’s a sneaky bitch” 😘 Thank you for your bravery. This kind of memoir isn’t an easy one to tell, I know I am damn sure not brave enough to tell mine! I enjoyed this book VERY MUCH!! You made me laugh, cry, and I can’t count how many times I was driving down the road, nodding and even saying out loud to no one “yeps & so true’s” you are an inspiration and I applaud you for your sobriety!

Also... if you are browsing audible, looking for a great account of what it’s like to struggle with addiction... this is the one!

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hilarious madness

A humbling look in to the sometimes hilarious madness of addiction.

The book has a great flow to it, and as an alcoholic myself, I can relate to some point of every story.

Humbling, funny and motivating

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Love you Amy Dresner

My first audible book and Amy Dresner changed my life as an addict myself she made me feel like a person instead of an addict. So sad to have it end..thank you Amy & Audible books

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The BEST book I have ever had read to me

This woman's story has literally saved my life. I startef listening to it again immediately after it finished.

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Amazing

This book was absolutely amazing
I would highly recommend it
I learned a lot from it

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