



High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life (Unabridged)
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4.5 • 409 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
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 Junkie
When 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.
Customer Reviews
Triggers
I loved this book. But, I am not an addict. I do not recommend any person just getting clean to read this book as it has way too many triggers for the weaker individual. Detailed euphoria over and over about when she’d get High. Details of how, when and where she got high. Other than that, great story.
Made for TV
Seemed to leave quite a bit unsaid re: the path to recovery and ownership of damage done.
Holy Moly!
Bought this and finished it in one day! An intense, unforgiving look at the pure desperation and ugly depths of addiction that you can’t put down. Jenkins impressive writing immediately envelopes you into her world, and you find your heart racing along as if it’s happening to you.