{"product_id":"american-junkie-american-dream-jason-malecha-9798278251651","title":"American Junkie, American Dream: This is the Obsession That Built My Fortune \u0026 Almost Stopped My Heart","description":"To the world, Jason Malecha was a self-made success story. To the darkness, he was a loyal servant.\u003cbr\u003eJason Malecha had it all mapped out: the baseball stardom, the adoration, the glory. But when a shoulder injury replaced the bat with a bottle of OxyContin, the trajectory of his life snapped. What followed was a decade-long freefall through the underbelly of addiction-from robbing golf courses to serving cocktails to the desperate.\u003cbr\u003eBut this isn't the typical story of a junkie in the gutter. It is the story of a junkie in a tailored suit.\u003cbr\u003ePossessing a terrifying ability to monetize his obsessive energy, Jason clawed his way back from the brink to build a business empire. He went from selling vinyl windows to running a multi-million-dollar Digital Agency. He had the wife, the kids, the house, and the bank account. He was the American Dream personified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut the devil is patient.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter seven years of sobriety, the arrogance of success opened the door to a new nightmare. It started with a celebratory tequila. It spiralled into cocaine. And it ended in a garage with a piece of aluminium foil and a blue pill that cost a single dollar-a Fentanyl counterfeit that promised heaven but delivered a zombie-like hell.\u003cbr\u003eVisceral, fast-paced, and uncomfortably honest, this is a look at the terrifying efficiency of the high-functioning addict. It is a story about the lies we tell to stay alive, the \"toasted marshmallow\" smell of death, and the quiet, boring, beautiful redemption found not in a flash of lightning, but in a cup of pink liquid and a beach chair in Greece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIS IS AMERICAN JUNKIE, AMERICAN DREAM!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Malecha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278251651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Jason Malecha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997299486975,"sku":"9798278251651","price":19.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-junkie-american-dream-jason-malecha-9798278251651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}