Heroin: The Rapids of My Life

Even though Oren Elow had never tried heroin, he’d always heard that it was a gift from the goddess. So he didn’t hesitate to try it when his buddies offered him his first hit of heroin—a hit that would make him a heroin slave and one that would define so many of his following years. In this memoir, Elow shares his life’s narrative—from growing up in Louisiana with an alcoholic father and loving mother who later divorced, to his years on Boston’s streets as a heroin addict, to his time spen...