Overview

Don't Count Me Out chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginning of his drug use in elementary school through criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs, to his miraculous recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field. Rafael Alvarez's recounting of White's journey should inspire those dealing with the fallout of addiction. Alvarez, a journalist and screenwriter, allows the reader to get inside the head of an addict who was stealing alcohol from his parents at the age of nine, selling drugs and tripping on LSD and PCP by the time he hit seventh grade, and hooked on morphine before he turned fifteen. ""Bruce White? I thought he was dead?"" is a response encountered in many of the interviews Alvarez conducted. Don't Count Me Out shines a spotlight on an improbable and stunning miracle. Though this is just one person's story, the contributing factors of early sexual assault, the role of permissive preoccupied parents, and the need for peer approval, among others, will resonate with many as the opioid crisis continues to haunt us.

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Author:   Rafael Alvarez
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   ILR Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781501766350

ISBN 10:   150176635
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 October 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Anybody Can 1. The Most Interesting Book the Old Man Had Ever Read 2. Birth / School: Before It Got Ugly 3. Skipping Stones / Getting Stoned: Grade School 4. Failing the Seventh Grade 5. Ninth Grade in the Psych Ward (Until They Threw Him Out) 6. Last Chance High: The Baltimore Experimental High School 7. Spanish Harlem: There Could Have Been Blood 8. Big Fucking Indian 9. Bonnie and Clyde 10. Shootout on Ready 11. The Stolen Carpet and the Fat Girl: State of Maryland Inmate No. 215–799, March 1991 to August 1994 12. Misadventure En Route to the Underworld: 1995 through 1998 13. Frank White / Inmate Junkie 14. Free to Go 15. Third Time a Charm 16. College / Career / Shirt and Tie 17. One Promise 18. The D Train Epilogue: A Day in His Best Life, Thanksgiving Weekend 2020

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Don't Count Me Out: A Baltimore Dope Fiend's Miraculous Recovery is a compelling, informative, thought-provoking, and ultimately inspiring read from first page to las * Midwest Book Review *

Author Information

Rafael Alvarez is a former City Desk reporter for the Baltimore Sun and former writer for the HBO drama, The Wire. He is the author of many books of fiction and nonfiction.

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