The book I have been searching for 10 years
Book Name: I was a Drug Addict
by Ravindra Singh
This is a book I read in the summer of 2001, more than 10
years back. I couldn’t buy it then, but have been searching to buy it since
then. This should tell you something about the book.
IWADA is the autobiographical tale of one Ravindra Singh, a
boy born into an affluent middle class set against the background of the Hippie
and the drug culture of India of the ‘80s.
The writing style is fast paced and brutally honest, as first
time writers tend to be. The narrative quickly recounts the author’s decent
into the bottomless pit of drug addiction and his attempts to crawl back to rid
himself of the addiction and regain his life. Tragically, he fails and dies at
the young age of 21. The final chapter has been written by his father.
Both touching and realistic to the core, the story explores the
fall of a young boy, smart, well educated and rich squander everything to his
addiction.
Since the style is not preachy, I believe young people of
today will be able to relate to Ravinder of 1980s and understand why saying NO
to drugs is important the first time and every time.
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