{"product_id":"coming-clean-diary-of-a-painkiller-addict-9780749958077","title":"Coming Clean: Diary of a Painkiller Addict","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cathryn Kemp\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Piatkus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Piatkus\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Medical (Incl. Patients)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brave, heartfelt and extraordinary book' Corinne Sweet, author of\u003ci\u003e Overcoming Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e, psychologist and broadcaster \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the drugs that were meant to cure you slowly started to kill you?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter falling dangerously ill with acute-on-chronic pancreatitis, Cathryn Kemp left hospital with a repeat prescription for fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times stronger than heroin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin two years she was taking almost ten times the NHS maximum daily dose - all on prescription - and her life began to spiral out of control. Cathryn discovered she had just three months to live, unless she gave up the drug she clung to so desperately. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter selling everything she owned and checking into rehab, Cathryn was told by the doctors that recovery was highly unlikely. Yet to everyone's amazement, she proved them wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing Clean\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant, vivid and honest memoir of a woman's struggle with, and subsequent victory over, her demons. It is a love story, a horror story, a survival story, and one that shows the very real dangers of the over-prescription of painkillers.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46491819835543,"sku":"9780749958077","price":2446.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780749958077.jpg?v=1766350603","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/coming-clean-diary-of-a-painkiller-addict-9780749958077","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}