{"product_id":"9781968437800","title":"If I Can, You Can: A Step by Step Guide to Addiction Treatment from Someone Who's Been There","description":"\u003cp\u003eSam Wages Johnson. Born and raised in Lawrenceville, GA. Grew up in his family's funeral business. Ten year drug addict with opiates\/heroin\/painkillers. Has lost over 25 friends to addiction. What separates me from other addicts is that once fentanyl started killing my friends, I would work their funerals. I would get high with them and then a week later I would be helping lower their casket into the ground. Seeing the pain and agony on the faces of their families, it had a profound effect on me. As time went on, my addiction got worse to the point that I almost lost my arm to amputation due to the fact I was using dirty needles. I actually used the same dirty needle that caused my abscess to pop my abscess. And that still did not stop me. Even after I overdosed in my friend's car I still did not stop. I knew that I had to make a change or I would be the next one to die. My family finally put their foot down and were done with me. The pain that I saw over and over on my friend's family's faces is something that always stuck with me. I decided on October 4, 2015 that I was going to change my life around or I was going to die trying. This book is a way for me to give back. To use what was once meant to destroy me to now help people in the same situation I was once in. We are all on the same road to recovery, some are just a little further down that others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Writing Maestros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47693897105649,"sku":"9781968437800","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781968437800_p0.jpg?v=1768835305","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781968437800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}