Jude Hassan was an ordinary, all-American kid: a loving home, good grades, and a promising future. But when his family moved to a quiet St. Louis suburb at fourteen, the equation of his life changed overnight.

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What began as a single "yes" at a high school party quickly spiraled into a decade-long descent from marijuana and prescription pills to the relentless grip of heroin. From high school hallways to the cold reality of rehabs and jail detoxes, Jude's life became a race against an all-consuming addiction, a looming thirty-year prison sentence, and his own self-destruction.

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Suburban Junky: From Honor Roll to Heroin Addict is a raw, unflinching memoir about how a "good kid" lost everything, and the brutal, hard-won journey it took to climb back from the abyss.