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5207475 No.5207475 [Reply] [Original]

Could I be a bother and ask for some good books on substance abuse/addiction and depression? A book that addresses one or both of these things.

>> No.5207488

>>5207475
Junky by William S. Burroughs deals with addiction.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath deals with depression.
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace deals with both.

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5207504

>>5207475
>smokes weed for the first time
>wears everything HUF weed clothes
>parents concerned
>mom sits you down with the rabbi
>"I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare"

read the sticky summerfag

>> No.5207507

The Man With the Golden Arm

>> No.5207512

>>5207488
Yeah, I've read those and the latter is probably what motivated me to look more into the subject. I should have clarified that I'm looking for a non-fiction book.

>>5207504
I'm actually 20, but what you said besides the "weed clothes" part and the rabbi would be accurate when I was around 17. I read a lot of drug related literature that appears on that chart around that time but, once again I should clarify I'm looking for a factual book. Sorry, I should have made that clearer.

>> No.5207540

>>5207475
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, that's if you can get past the heavy Scottish dialect it's written in.

>> No.5207961

>>5207475
A million little pieces - James Frey
Bukowski