Addicted: Kids Talking About Drugs in Their Own Words

by Joel Engel

Ten young survivors of chemical dependence give harrowing firsthand accounts of ruined youth, the pain and destruction drugs inflicted on them as adolescents, and the continuing battle to stay clean

174 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Joel Engel authored or co-authored more than 15 books (including a New York Times bestseller)—narrative nonfiction, essays, sports, satire, pop culture, biography, and autobiography. As a journalist for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, among other papers and periodicals, Engel reported on everything from politics to hot-air ballooning, pregnancy to cancer research, pop culture to business. Engle has also sold several feature-film scripts to Hollywood and produced about 60 hours of (cable) television.