Blighted by a neck injury at a young age, sports superstar Jason Peter was forced to retire prematurely. In just a few short years, Peter's brilliant career was in ruins as he found himself consumed by painkillers, then crack and finally heroin. His addiction transformed him from a pumped-up athletic gladiator to a small, wispish shell of his former self. In "Millionaire Junkie", Peter tells of the lost days and nights spent prowling the streets of Manhattan, flying cross-country with high-class call girls and doing piles of heroin and cocaine. It is a visceral, ragged-edged story of true glory, self-destruction, addiction and, finally, redemption.I read the English version of this book, which i know has been changed slightly from the American. I could not put this book down, Jason's downfall was fascinating. I think what really helped with this novel is he felt honest about it all and how he really felt. Even when he was hitting rehab he admitted he did not really want to be their or get off the drugs and this brought an honest side to the story. You did feel somewhat sorry for him for what he went through. However you also realised he brought some of it on himself.
This memoir was really interesting, it was great to get into the mind of an addict and go through exactly what he was going through. The highs and the lows of his life. Their were bits of the book that he could have hidden or brushed aside but he chose to share this which really helped with this novel. I don't have much experience or knowledge of American Football or that mentality but understood this through Jasons story.
If you into these real life biographies this is a good book for you. It gives an insight into the mind of a Junkie. Its easy to read, and hard to put down.
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