Dopefiend: A Father's Journey From Addiction to Redemption

by Tim Elhajj

Dopefiend is a recovery memoir, but it's really about the lengths a father will go to find a satisfying relationship with his son. Sometimes you have to follow the most unlikely path to find the thing you want most.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2011

About the author

Tim Elhajj’s nonfiction essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Brevity, Guernica, Sweet, The Yalobusha Review, Together, and Relief. He edits Junk, a journal that features literary memoir about addiction, obsession, and unrequited needs, both real and imagined.

Dopefiend is Tim’s first book.