Leaving Dirty Jersey

Abstract

Drug addiction is a form of slavery. This research paper aims to study book named Leaving Dirty Jersey in which the author is telling a story of a boy who got addicted to drugs when he was only 17 years old after his brother Joe introduced him to heroin. The data for this research was collected from secondary sources and main points were taken from the book. In this paper I have analyzed whether the methods used to take him away from drugs were effective or not and at the end other alternatives are given which could have been used instead of the methods used in the book. There are several methods that would have been used by James parents to help him in quitting drugs, among them are psychological methods, medical methods, religious and other methods. From this research I analyzed that the desire does not come from outside but from within. If a man knows that he does not need it, then throws without difficulties.

Leaving Dirty Jersey

Introduction

Drug addiction is a form of slavery. Drugs destroy your life and your family, take you away from society, and bring sadness and loneliness (Levinthal, 2008). In this paper I am going to analyze leaving Dirty Jersey by James Salant in which I shall be evaluating wether treatment was effective for James, or any of his friends, or not and shall be providing some recommendations at the end. Leaving dirty Jersey is a story of descent of James Salant into crystal meth addiction. James Salant was raised by two highly professional and educated parents in a loving home. Despite this fact he became addicted to heavy drug and had acriminal record. Being addicted to drugs is bad. Similarly addicted friends are not only bad, but also very harmful to your health. Everyone is well aware of this, but nevertheless, the forbidden fruit is sweet and many eager to try it (citation). Same was with James Salant. He got involved with drugs at the age of seventeen when his brother Joe introduced him to heroin.

With the passage of time he was transformed from a mama's self proclaimed boy to a junkie. He was at the age of 17 was arrested once for pot. In order to get rid of heroin, he was sent to Rehab in Califorbia, leaving his bad habit behind in New Jersey (Salant, 2007). Initially the Rehab was going well but as soon as he was put, he was back using drigs again. When he was sent to Rehab there he met bunch of ex convicts and he fell into the drifting and thuggish life of meth addition. He bounced from hotel room, to friend's home,, to friend's trailer to friend's apartment, selling drugs injecting drugs, and immersing himself in the seediest part of society that we can only imagine. Weeks later after entering into another Rehab he reentered the outside world in riverside commited to staying clean. He forgot everything and tried Crystal meth and ...