To Dr. Pylko—I’m just plain grateful for everything about you: your knowledge, your time working with me on this book, and, most important, your fixing me. I don’t think anyone thought I was fixable.
To Bernie Fried, for the years of guidance and encouragement. Your words in this book mean so much to me.
To my silent costars Jimmy Iacobelli, Jennifer Slattery, and Nancy Tan.
And to my not-so-silent costars: Ashley Hamilton, for allowing me to be honest; Dave Navarro, for your kind words and memories (thank God someone remembers); Steve Jones, for constantly challenging me (at a buffet); Charlize Theron, for giving me the green light to open my trap; and Anthony Kiedis, for years of girlhood friendship.
To Candice Westbrook, Jeff Kolsrud, and Luis When—without your guidance, I can’t imagine I’d be the mother and woman I am today.
To Dr. Drew Pinsky, for your support over what seems like a million years.
To Terri Cheney—the honesty you shared with your own story encouraged me to do the same.
To Sarah Durand, Kirby Kim, Allen Rucker, and Michael Harriot, for giving me wings and a push.
To Neal Preston, Davis Factor, Franco La Costa, Mitch Schneider, Kristine Ashton-Magnuson, and Angela Villanueva.
To Dean and Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum, and Duff McKagan—thank you for the soundtrack to my life.
To my epic and rad guy from the 619—I know we are brain, but without your half cheering and showing me the finish line, I would have never made it to the end. Finally, I have my very own muse.
Larkin, you are a warrior for depth and heart. Thank you for our collaboration.
Monkey, you’ve given me so much. I don’t know if I could have made it without you and the kids. Thank you for your encouragement, praise, and understanding why I needed to write this book. This is part of our story, but the memories that only you and I share are the sweetest. You will always be my teenage boyfriend.
About the Authors
Mary Forsberg Weiland lives with her two children in Los Angeles, where she is studying for her certification in drug and alcohol counseling, with a focus on co-occurring disorders. This is her first book.
A former editor at Esquire, Lear’s, and Good Housekeeping magazines, Larkin Warren was a contributing writer to Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop?, the companion book to HBO’s documentary of the same name, and collaborated with Professor Elyn R. Saks on Saks’s bestselling memoir, The Center Cannot Hold, which Time magazine named one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007.
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Credits
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