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The Bitter Taste of Dying

A Memoir

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The Bitter Taste of Dying

By: Jason Smith
Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
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In his first book, author Jason Smith explores the depravity and desperation required to maintain an opiate addiction so fierce, he finds himself jumping continents to avoid jail time and learns the hard way that some demons cannot be outrun. While teaching in Europe, he meets a prostitute who secures drugs for him at the dangerous price of helping out the Russian Mafia; in China he gets his Percocet and Xanax fixes but terrifies a crowd of children and parents at his job in the process; and in Mexico Smith thought a Tijuana jail cell would be the perfect place to kick his Fentanyl habit but soon realizes that the power of addiction is stronger than his desire to escape it.

The Bitter Taste of Dying paints a portrait of the modern-day drug addict with clarity and refreshing honesty. With a gritty mixture of self-deprecation and lighthearted confessional, Smith's memoir deftly describes the journey into the harrowing depths of addiction and demonstrates the experience of finally being released from it.

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A real eye opener of a listen. True to life and such a very strong human being the author is. I’m very pleased with the outcome in the end. It was such a sad story in parts. The narration was brilliant. I listened to this in one sitting. It kept me wanting to hear another chapter and so forth. Defo worth the listen and a well deserved 5 stars.

A real eye opener but brilliant real listen.

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I don't know what made me chose this book but I started listening to it and just couldn't stop. The performance was so believeale that I forgot it wasn't narrated by the author and the story is so believable that I deliberately haven't researched the author in case it's not a true story. A grim hard read but I loved it

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Really enjoyable authetic story, told with all the hallmarks of one who journeyed from a hopeless place of Addiction to genuine recovery.

Fantastic, authentic story of recovery

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Some pretty interesting life stories where he travelled a lot and got into all kinds of weird situations

Interesting story

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Brilliant book riveting couldn’t stop listening thoroughly recommend
This audiobook you won’t be able to stop

The bitter taste of diying

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