Coming Clean : Diary of a Painkiller Addict

Little, Brown Book Group

Coming CleanDiary of a Painkiller Addict\nAuthor(s): Cathryn Kemp\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom\nImprint: Piatkus Books\nISBN-13: 9780749958077, 978-0749958077\nSynopsis\n'A brave, heartfelt and extraordinary book' Corinne Sweet, author of Overcoming Addiction, psychologist and broadcaster What if the drugs that were meant to cure you slowly started to kill you? After 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. Within 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. After selling everything she owned and checking into rehab, Cathryn was told by the doctors that recovery was highly unlikely. Yet to everyone's amazeme.