Husband, addict, father, skeptic.
Now sixty—with years of sobriety under his belt—and the father of three sons, James Brown writes about finding a new path in life, making peace with the family whose ghosts have haunted him, and helping the next generation of addicts overcome their disease. Opening with the tragic tale of an elderly couple consumed by opioid addiction and moving through the horrors of a Las Vegas massacre to the loss of a beloved sponsor, these essays draw on Brown's personal journey of recovery to illustrate how an individual life, in all its messiness and charm, can offer a blueprint for healing. Haunting and hopeful, Apology to the Young Addict is a reinvention of the recovery memoir and a lasting testimony from a master writing at his peak.
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James Brown is a sports commentator and former athlete recognized by millions. He is best known as the host of CBS’s The NFL Today and Showtime’s Inside the NFL. Brown earned a scholarship to Harvard, where he got a degree in American government, and had a chance at a professional sports career before moving on to broadcast journalism. He resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Dorothy.
Charles Constant is an actor whose professional storytelling career began at the age of thirteen, when he became an Actors’ Equity Association apprentice. An accomplished audiobook narrator, he has recorded many popular titles, including How to Win at the Sport of Business by Mark Cuban.