An examination of addiction and domestic violence unlike any other, "ijwd" was compiled using a lifetime collection of journals, notes, photos, arrest records, hospital documents, and candid conversations with those involved in the self-destruction contained herein. As much a research project as a memoir, details and perspective never found in domestic violence, addiction or mental health literature are recounted in a way that will relate to addicts, enlighten professionals, and educate the loved ones who watch lives fall apart. That they may understand why sobriety is so hard to obtain, that...

After climbing out of "part 1: hell" the next chapter in the "i just woke up dead" series leads the reader by the hand down a road filled with tempting yet illusory highs. Sex and drugs take over as the spiral quickens, addiction firmly grasping what was a promising future and strangling it with guilt and pain. Legal issues begin piling up, dysfunction escalates and the ramifications of all these behaviors are seen throughout the alternate chapters while navigating through three months in a lock-down psychiatric hospital. Even while committed, the highs perpetually sought by an addict rear...

An examination of addiction, mental illness and domestic violence unlike any other, "ijwd" was compiled using a lifetime collection of journals, notes, photos, arrest records, hospital documents, and candid conversations with those involved in the self-destruction contained herein. As much a research project as a memoir (written by an author with a masters degree from Cal Irvine with an extensive background in research writing), details and perspective never found in domestic violence, addiction or mental health literature are recounted in a way that will relate to addicts, enlighten...