One by One: A Memoir of Love and Loss in the Shadows of Opioid America

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A passionate and heart-wrenching memoir of tragedy and perseverance from a former opioid addict in an opioid addicted community, and an up-close look at America's new health crisis.

Behind closed doors, thirty-six million people around the world abuse opioids, three million of them are in the US. Nick Bush was one of them. Fort

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Bushs memoir opens with a bangReaders looking for the pervasiveness of despair and addiction, look no further; Bushs family is certainly representative. Thats the central message of [One by One], which tracks matter-of-factlywithout the war-story glorification of too many recovery bookswhat it means to be boxed in by drugs.
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"Nicholas Bush, thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your story. Thank you for writing this book."
Craig Melvin, host ofThe Today Show

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Nicholas Bush is a reformed drug addict who works with addicts and criminals in halfway houses and prisons to help them turn their lives around. He began combatting his own addiction after losing a sister and a brother to drug overdoses. Bush has written articles related to opioid addiction forUSA Today, the New York Post, PBS, and theJohns Hopkins Medical Journal, and been featured onThe Today Show.He is from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and lived for many years in Kansas City, Missouri, but currently resides in Mendocino, California, with his wife and young daughters.