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A deeply moving and emotional read, \u003cem\u003eSTRUNG OUT\u003c\/em\u003e challenges our preconceived ideas of what addiction looks like.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Stephanie Land, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMaid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply personal and illuminating memoir about her fifteen-year struggle with heroin, Khar sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives a voice to the over two million people in America currently battling with this addiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in LA, Erin Khar hid behind a picture-perfect childhood filled with excellent grades, a popular group of friends and horseback riding. After first experimenting with her grandmother's expired painkillers, Khar started using heroin when she was thirteen. The drug allowed her to escape from pressures to be perfect and suppress all the heavy feelings she couldn't understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fiercely honest memoir explores how heroin shaped every aspect of her life for the next fifteen years and details the various lies she told herself, and others, about her drug use. With enormous heart and wisdom, she shows how the shame and stigma surrounding addiction, which fuels denial and deceit, is so often what keeps addicts from getting help. 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