Acknowledgements

It’s difficult to know where to start, quite frankly. Thanks to Erik Jensen for taking a risk by publishing the article detailing my crystal-meth addiction in The Saturday Paper, and huge thanks to Scribe for taking an even bigger risk by agreeing to publish this book. The editors at Scribe have been patient, flexible, open-minded, and very kind from the very start. Thank you. And thanks to my agent, Shelia Drummond, for making this all happen for me.

There are some others I would like to single out who have been particularly helpful to my media career in a variety of ways: Steve Cannane, Rosie Beaton, Kyla Slaven, Ben Naparstek, Justine Kelly, Vicki Kerrigan, Serpil Senelmis, John Safran, Lauren Martin, Jo Curtin, and Jennifer Hopper.

Thanks to Mrs Haywood, my Year 11 literature teacher, who introduced me to T.S. Eliot, and to Philipa Rothfield at La Trobe University for introducing me to Georges Bataille and Julia Kristeva. Thanks to Vicky G. for introducing me to William Burroughs when I was a 19-year-old meth junkie and philosophy student.

Thanks to my parents, and my life-long friends Bree, Erika, and John. Thanks, in general, to everyone for putting up with me.