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In his own words, former NBA and overseas pro Chris Herren tells how he nearly lost everything and everyone he loved, and how he found a way back to life. Powerful, honest, and dramatic, this remarkable memoir, Basketball Junkie, is harrowing in its descent, and heartening in its return.

I was dead for thirty seconds.

That''s what the cop in Fall River told me.

When the EMTs found me, there was a needle in my arm and a packet of heroin in the front seat.

At basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, junior guard Chris Herren carried his family''s and the city''s dreams on his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was heavily recruited by major universities, chosen as a McDonald''s All-American, featured in a Sports

Basketball Junkie

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    A Paperback / softback by Chris Herren, Bill Reynolds

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 8 May 2012
      ISBN-13 9781250006899
      978-1250006899
      ISBN-10 1250006899
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      Autobiography: sport

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In his own words, former NBA and overseas pro Chris Herren tells how he nearly lost everything and everyone he loved, and how he found a way back to life. Powerful, honest, and dramatic, this remarkable memoir, Basketball Junkie, is harrowing in its descent, and heartening in its return.

      I was dead for thirty seconds.

      That''s what the cop in Fall River told me.

      When the EMTs found me, there was a needle in my arm and a packet of heroin in the front seat.

      At basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, junior guard Chris Herren carried his family''s and the city''s dreams on his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was heavily recruited by major universities, chosen as a McDonald''s All-American, featured in a Sports

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