Escape from the Dark Side : One Addicts Struggle

By Timothy Smith

This book is a Memoir, a detailed account of my life, growing up in one of Detroit's most notorious areas - The Brewster Projects - in the '60's and '70's. The Brewster-Douglas Housing Projects were the largest residential housing project owned by the City of Detroit, located in the Brush Park section on the Eastside of Detroit, Michigan. The 1960's and 1970's were deemed the era of the beginning of Motown Records, original music flowing from the halls of Barry Gordy's profound vision of creating musical geniuses and superstars. It was also the era when new types of drugs hit the hallowed streets of Detroit, and illegal sexual activities littered every corner in this area on the Eastside of Detroit. Life was fast! Life was hard! I literally raised myself, because it was like "Every man for himself" in my house. With a mentally unstable mother, the love I learned was not quite right. Relationships were based on my lack of understanding what real love was. Also, a less than loving grandmother made my life downright difficult. I was desparate. In and out of juvenile detention centers, in and out of prison, and ultimately having to reside at one rehabilitation center after another because of my drug addictions. It was evident that I'd end up like many of my constituents...in jail or rehab for life or dead. Thankfully, neither happened. I was released from my jail sentence and my stint in rehab. I'm here now to tell my story - Escape From The Dark Side...One Addicts Struggle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1700514954
• ISBN13: 9781700514950
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"