Confessions of a Crack Head- An Anonymous Memoir by Zach Samuels
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CONFESSIONS OF A CRACK HEAD- AN ANONYMOUS MEMOIR
WRITTEN BY ZACH SAMUELS
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Zach Samuels is a devoted father, musician, teacher, and counselor
who simply cannot put the pipe down. One day worth half a million
dollars, the next day he's picking up butts off the ground, homeless.
Zach tells of his trials and tribulations in his addiction and his
fight for life and recovery with the help of his sponsor Bob and his
family's support. Through it all Zach maintains his love and
dedication to his daughter Paige and desperately prays for her to one
day understand. This is a riveting tale of strength and hope you do
not want to miss.
\"A GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF DEVASTATION, DESPERATION, RECOVERY, AND
HOPE\"
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Book Review:
Confessions Of A Crack Head by Zach Samuels
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Simon Barrett in Book Reviews, Reviews
Read 88,814 times.
I work with the homeless here in Calgary, addiction is a word that we
hear a lot of, drugs, booze, and gambling are the big three. Often
addicts are plagued by other mental health issues, depression,
bi-polar, and a variety of other medical terms outside of my realm of
knowledge.
There have been plenty of books written about addictions, but
Confessions Of A Crack Head is different, it is written by the addict,
and takes us through the torrid reality of the sickness.
Maybe the most disturbing aspect of this book is that there may well
not be a happy ending. Zach’s story is a sad one indeed. He is a
well educated guy, had a beautiful wife, home, and baby. Then he
discovers the demon Crack Cocaine, possibly one of the most addictive
substances ever created.
Sure Zach is a compulsive, but few people regardless of their mental
make up can resist this drug. In the space of an eight month time
frame Zach hits detox and rehab 4 times. His, unfortunately is not a
unique story, I see Zach on a daily basis, sometimes he is black,
sometimes he is white, sometimes he is female, but always he is
helpless.
As Zach explains, when you do Crack you rapidly become completely out
of control, the only thing that matters is where that next hit is
coming from. In a two day period he spent $2,500 on the drug. Was it
for the ‘high’? No is the simple answer, when using heavy you need
to keep it in your system to merely maintain. The withdrawal symptoms
are too grim to even contemplate.
It did not take long for Zach to crash hard, losing his family, and
piece by piece his possessions, and even a place to live. From owning
a $500,000 house to picking up butts from the pavement to smoke, in
what seemed a blink of an eye.
One of the interesting aspects of this book is the peppering of Daily
Journal entries. While these only come from the ‘clean’ phase, you
get a real understanding of his heartbreak. Time and time again you
get a real feel for the problem that an addict faces, he doesn’t
‘use’ because he wants to, in fact often he doesn’t want to, he
wishes nothing better than to be able to drive right on by the dealers
house. But inevitably he does stop, inevitably he buys as much as he
can, and inevitably he cannot stop at one or two hits.
After the money in the bank is gone, and all your possessions are just
a memory where do you go next? You defraud the bank with fake ATM
deposits, you steal money, you kite cheques, you steal, you do
anything you can to get that next hit. Zach did all of these and more.
As I said earlier, I see Zach everyday, and it is sad. A couple of
months ago he visited my Computer Lab, in the mornings I teach, and
because I wanted to make some minor changes to a PowerPoint
presentation I had left my Laptop and Digital Projector set up. In the
blink of an eye, the laptop was gone, they (there were two of them)
didn’t even bother to take the power adapter. The machine was
password protected, the serial number registered, so it had a very low
street value, but enough to get that one more hit. Oh, and this was
done under a CCTV system, they were arrested the next day!
Confessions Of A Crack Head should be on everyones reading list, for
the would be user it should scare you into the next century, for any
parent that is worried about son Johnny and drugs, this will give you
sleepless nights.
Zach, I know that is not your real name, and I know you have moved the
locations around to protect the guilty. But I also know your story is
a very true and very frightening one.
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A MESSAGE FROM ZACH SAMUELS
What you are about to purchase and read is a true story.
The names and places have been changed to protect
the people I know and love, to protect them from
further shame and embarrasment. I also practise
a twelve step program which demands anonymity at
the level of press radio and films. However I will be happy to
correspond with you regarding any quesions you may have about the book
before or after you purchase it. I can be reached at the following
email address
zachsbook@hotmail.com
WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CONFESSIONS OF A CRACK HEAD
"I finished reading and felt so glad to have come across this book.
Even if you’re not an addict yourself, you can understand much of
what torment Zach went through.
Read this unsettling memoir and I promise you will enjoy it. I did."
Review from bookpleasures.com
Jessica Roberts "This book is not for the faint of heart and Samuels
is still extremely newly sober - but I found myself rooting for him.
He had the courage to take a look at his self-defeating habits and to
work on them - he has a lot of courage and should be commanded for
this, as well as his persistence and continued belief in the 12 step
program.
This is a small book, but it was impossible for me to read it all in
one sitting. I needed to read a chapter and then sit with it for a
bit. This is a memoir that needs to be read by addicts and their
families."
Review from frontstreetreviews.com
Tina Avon "I found myself feeling very sad for this man. He obviously
is rebuilding his life now, but I cannot imagine living my life in a
constant state of "what if". Even more, my heart went out to his
family and friends. I have very little experience in this, but what
they must go through even now must be very hard indeed."
Having said all that... this is worth a read through. Just keep in
mind that it's more of "personal" memoir than anything else. There are
sections of this book that very very well done. I lost track of time
in the middle of the book, which really is the best part."
Review from amazon.com
Candy Beauchamp
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