Addict Chick: Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll

by Amanda Meredith

Addict Chick: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N’ Roll is brutally honest, sexually graphic, and completely real. At 34, Amanda Meredith had it all - A successful career, a home, a child, and everything that should have made her happy. She was also crazy in love; his name was Cage, and their love would become her first addiction—but not her last. Some would say that love destroyed her, but what she let ravage her mind, body, and soul had nothing to do with love and everything to do with a deep-seated need to destroy herself.

With the prick of a needle, and a shot of methamphetamine, she lost everything- her child, her career, and she lost Cage. Her story is not for the faint of heart.

Addict Chick: Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N’ Roll is her heartbreak, her sorrow, and the story of how she fought like hell to save herself, with a little help from the Man above.

In this memoir, one woman proves that no matter who you are, and no matter how far you have fallen, nobody is beyond redemption.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2016

Reviews

[Jen from Quebec :0) · Rating 1 out of 5]

NOPE- I am done.
I cannot even finish this 'book'. It hurts my head, knowing that THIS is a published work of fiction that poor innocent readers are able to waste precious $$ on...It hurts my heart. Where was the editor? WHO allowed this to happen? I hope somebody was fired!

Things do not even make sense grammatically, and are often *misspelled*, even. In a published work that is currently selling for TEN BUCKS for Kindle...*Sigh* Hey-WORLD! We can do better than this shite! We *HAVE* done better-Go and read THOSE books!--Jen from Quebec :0(

[Debra Stagias · Rating 1 out of 5]

THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!

I cannot believe that an editor read this book and allowed it to be published. First of all, the whole book is filled with misspellings and bad grammar. The worst parts of it are the continuous, graphic descriptions of the author's sexual exploits. I am no prude, but the constant prurient details of her promiscuous sexual exploits were unnecessary and often really disgusting.
If the main topic of the book was supposed to be her drug addiction, why was it necessary to start almost every chapter detailing her latest conquests and experiences?
I would not have given this book any stars at all but I was afraid that then my review would not be published. She talks about her strong intelligence and skills but certainly never displays them.
Shame on this publisher for putting out this autobiography. And where was the Rock 'N" Roll part of the book? She went to some concerts? Big deal, so have I but I didn't find it necessary to describe every orgasm (or cumming) while at the concerts, as she charmingly puts it. Do anything else with your money that you want, but don't waste it on this piece of trash.

[Justin Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meth Love

I book that accurately depicts meth addiction. It made me want to relapse. I really like the book, the sexual descriptions were great and describe crazy meth sex perfectly.

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was terrible and truly one of the worst I have ever read. The author lies. The book is nothing but a batch of outrageous, obvious lies. Many of the things she claims she did are not possible. In order to avoid a spoiler I won't go into detail but some of the technological claims she makes and claims she can do are outright fiction. It doesn't matter if she is skilled in that field, the events and actions she speaks of are impossible. She never goes into any detail as to how she accomplishes these things and couldn't go into detail because these actions can not occur. Pure fiction. The book actually made me very angry because this woman is claiming she is writing an honest account of her experience with addiction then proceeds to write very stupid and obviously fake fiction. Her sexual encounters are described in vulgar detail but there is no point to them. I doubt they even happened. She has no ability to write so there is no feeling or even arousal conveyed in the unrealistic sex descriptions. She herself must have realized how unbelievable some of the things she describes and the actions she has taken are because she attempts to give an explanation as to where money comes from and how she pays for things. Her explanations are beyond belief. She contradicts herself often, there was obviously no editing or proofreading of the book as there were countless grammar and spelling errors, and she must have a very low opinion of her readers' intelligence because the lies are so blatant that it is not a matter of "well, this is unlikely" it is a matter of "this never happened" and being appalled at the outrageous lies. I have had my own experiences with addiction and have friends, family, and professional contact with addicts and addiction. I believe though that even if I had no experience with addiction I could still identify the obvious fiction in this book. I just can't express enough how truly awful and ridiculous this book is.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Let me admit from the beginning that I'm a prude when it comes to reading sexual content. I'll own that, and the fact that the sexually graphic accounts related in this book definitely caused me to rate this book lower than I perhaps otherwise might have.

That said, this book was ridiculously sexually explicit. I felt like I was reading porn. We get it, Amanda, you like sex. The story could have been told without being so insanely graphic. And I definitely could have done without the sexual "suggestions" she has to her readers.

The book, overall, felt incomplete to me. I feel for her having been molested at such a young age, but am absolutely repulsed by her admission that she molested a young girl not terribly long after her own molestation. She glosses over her involvement in molesting a young girl, but has no hesitation in blaming her own issues with drugs on the fact that she was molested. I felt as if Amanda didn't really do any real soul-searching. She blames her addiction on her molestation and doesn't delve any further into what else may have contributed to her problems.

And then there was the last sentence of the book, which made it entirely clear to me that she has learned very little from her addiction and recovery and is, in my opinion, setting herself up for a relapse.

[Karren321 · Rating 2 out of 5]

This chick does my head in. She keeps saying how smart she is yet falls for the same macho guy who thinks will take care of her.

The sex scenes are boring filth - i had to skip them. If you are going to write sex scenes, make them good!

[Helen R. Jordan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Over the top

Feels exaggerated. Glorifies dope and cheap sex. Based on the last line of the book she won't be sober long. This girl is beyond codependent

[melissa cabrera · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book was sort of entertaining, in a "guilty pleasure" type of way. however, it was tough to get through.

the main character seems to be one of those "I'm not like other girls" types and is constantly talking about how tough yet sensitive, innocent yet sexy, tomboyish yet gorgeous she apparently is. every guy she runs into falls head over heels for her and just HAS to have her.

it got really annoying. hence the reason it took me over 4 months to finish this book. if she were a real person and I knew her, I just KNOW that I'd find her insufferable.

[Erica Blyue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eye-opener

Very well written about the struggles of an addict. Most of us will luckily never know the strong pull addiction has. She explained and went into detail about so many aspects of her addiction.

[Denni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

I really enjoy memoirs. I have had a lot of friends that have been down the road of drug addictions. Every time I read a story like this I feel like I learn so much. This book definitely does that.

[Adriana Loza]

This Book is my favorite. I could not stop crying because it's the real deal. Being a addict in recovery I felt her struggles. The end touched my heart

[Kristin Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I haven't finished this book yet but am rating it 5 stars to offset the borage of reactionary puritanical 1-2 stars it's received.

There is room for more than one kind of writing in this world, and I will take Meredith's authentically raw, deeply vulnerable, no-holds-barred inner self reveal and true lived experience--sexual and otherwise--over the contrived, pandering, millennial snowflake "social media is my entire identity so I'll pen a tragic/redemptive addiction story to give my online presence more edge, follows, likes, and retweets....weee!" any day.

Get over yourselves. Whether you "approve" of Meredith's sex drive or sex life, the fact is this memoir is more real than half the bestselling bios I read (hundreds over the past 3-4 decades). Her writing style is easy to read, sometimes silly and campy, and sometimes vulgar and base, but I happen to like those things when they come from an honest authentic place.

As far as the accusation she had to have made up the sexual stuff ...please. Women are sexual. Some highly so. Some women refused to let society shame that god-given life force right out of us, then proceed to spend our lives fueled by desire, arousal, and lust. Is it a bit much? Yeah ...but so what. Maybe don't feel so threatened by it...? Just a thought.

If you can't hang with this kind of content, don't freaking read it. If you can, prepare yourself for one wild ass ride inside this crazy passionate twisted insatiable addict's freaky sexy mind.

[Sandra Newsome · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eye-opening, raw and real

I fell in love with the quotes I found on Pinterest by AddictChick. As I pulled some addiction quotes for a platform, I found this book and poured through it in a few hours. I could not stop reading. You want an idea what it's like to live the life of meth or heroin addiction, read this book. She is raw and real and holds nothing back. She is brave and a talented writer.

[Tammy Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely Amazing

The best story ever. A must read. Thanks Amanda for sharing your story. Can't wait to read it new book.
Tammy Brooks

[Cheryl Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Know Amanda personally and love the rawness of this book based on her life... now almost 6 years clean! I just dknt care for the raunchy stuff.

[Amie Witteveen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dumbest book I've ever read

I feel like she was trying to make drugs and herself look cool, awful book. Stop worrying about men and be a mom, geez.