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Best book about heroin addiction you've ever read?
H. Selby Jr's 'Requiem for a Dream' is my absolute fave, one that will always stay with me. It actually deals with many kinds of addiction and therefore it can resonate with people who aren't necessarily familiar with drugs.

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>>21328614
Definitely not the best but Junky by Burroughs is worth a read. You also get his detailed explanation of orgones at the end too.

>> No.21328767

>>21328726
Thanks. This might well be my next book by Burroughs (I've only read Naked Lunch and The Red Night Trilogy so far).

>> No.21328788

>>21328614
The Basketball Diaries was pretty good from what I remember

>> No.21328825

>>21328614
The Basketball Diaries was pretty good from what I remember

>> No.21328839

>>21328788
Thanks!

>> No.21328876

i am gonna do some midlevel dose of tramadol + xanax combo this saturday and i will spend a day reading Junky, Naked Lunch, Confessions of Opium Eater, Diary of Drug Fiend, Song of Maldoror, Aurelius's Meditations. Just to wind off after hard week of wageslaving

>> No.21328909

>>21328614
Infinite Jest

>> No.21328980

>>21328909
One of my fetish books. I've come to think it is itself an addiction.

>> No.21329086

>>21328614
Christiane F./Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo was quite good.

>> No.21329324

>>21329086
I've only seen the movie, but I guess the book captures the atmosphere of those years better than the screen version does.

>> No.21330200

>>21328614
I agree that Requiem is the best. It's a great book.

For a different but very intense take, try Donald Goines, Dopefiend. Gave me the feeling (perhaps illusion) that I kind of really understood heroin addiction, almost as if I had experienced it.

>> No.21330225

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson. It’s not just about heroin addiction but it’s a good book.

>> No.21330292

>>21328788
>>21328825
What's with all the double posts going around?

>> No.21330361

>>21330292
It’s some retarded zoomer doing it. Just ignore.

>> No.21330830

>>21330200
You got me curious about Donald Goines. I'll look it up and see if I can find a copy.

>> No.21330981

>>21330292
>>21330361
idk, I posted that once earlier today......

>> No.21331030

>>21328614
What about train spotting?

>> No.21331091

>>21328614
Read Cherry by Niko Walker about a year ago. Not the greatest but its a true story about a marine who came back and got so addicted to H he started robbing banks. Dude wrote it from jail. Best ive reqd so far on the modern opioid epidemic, well not that Ive read anything else really.

>> No.21331155

>>21331030
That's a very good one. Have you read any of the sequels?

>> No.21331170

>>21331091
The author is new to me, but it sounds like something I'm gonna like. Thanks for your suggestion.

>> No.21331396

>>21331170
No problem. Btw dont watch the movie. Made by marvel directors. Legitimately one of the worst adaptations ive ever seen