“Author Sterling Braswell weaves an insightful history of the worldwide methamphetamine epidemic …”

I am proud of this endorsement for Crazy Town from Jim Barnes of IndependentPublisher.com –

 

“The cover says it all, depicting the bug-eyed, mush-mouthed drug addict at the center of this beauty-turned-beast story. Author Sterling Braswell weaves an insightful history of the worldwide methamphetamine epidemic into his cautionary tale about being blinded by love, and how it cost his fortune, his sanity — and nearly his life — to escape.”

 

Jim Barnes, Managing Editor

Independent Publisher Online

So, what are YOU waiting for. Read Crazy Town now!

www.crazytownthebook.com

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Crazy Town: Money. Marriage. Meth.

3 Comments to “Author Sterling Braswell weaves an insightful history of the worldwide methamphetamine epidemic …”

  1. Sterling- Don’t know if you remember me from Amy Alkon’s blog? Anyway I just finished reading your book. Great job!. I liked the interweaving of the history of meth and your own story.
    It’s amazing how bordeline’s are so similar in their behaviors. Lying with ease, playing the victim, it’s always someone else’s fault. Able to skirt the legal system. My daughter’s mother is a borderline and still has custody of our daughter. She is currently going through an acramonious divorce. No surprise there! Hope you and your son are well. Again, I really enjoyed the book. Dave

    2. David M. on September 12th, 2009

  2. Sterling, another Amy Alkon reader here. I am putting your book on my list to read as soon as I wrap some other things up later this month.

    Looks like something I should have read before writing my novel series. I approach recreational drug use from a different perspective in mine. Won’t get too deep into it here, but I have most common rec. drugs legal in the USA in the future. The main character is in her advanced recovery stages from both Extacy and other drug abuse and the host of personality problems that brought her there. In her case, her new boyfriend is the last piece of the puzzle she needs for a support network.

    I have noticed an odd reaction from people who advocate legalization when I tell them that most everything is legal in my fictional future, then they discover that my characters only smoke and drink alcohol moderately, no other drugs. It is as if they cannot believe anybody would not be doing everything available if it were legal! The most extreme are the ones who seem to be under the delusion that the character Suki would not have had an abuse problem if they were legal. An attitude that I will never understand.

    If you get a chance, please email me? You sound like someone who could educate me a bit on both this topic and his book business.

    3. John Tagliaferro on November 5th, 2009

  3. Sterling,

    From your website:
    “In 1995 a man suffering from amphetamine psychosis broke into a San Diego National Guard armory and commandeered an unarmed Abrams tank. He then went on a rampage through residential neighborhoods, crushing cars, fire hydrants, anything that stood in his way. After taking the tank onto a freeway, he was finally stopped but refused to surrender, whereupon a police officer climbed atop the tank and shot the man through the heart.”

    I believe that was an M-60 series tank, not an M-1 series Abrams. The rest is what I recall too.

    4. John Tagliaferro on November 5th, 2009

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crazy town: money. marriage. meth.

Sterling Braswell has two tickets to crazy town: one is his riveting personal account and the other is a thorough global history.

Sterling Braswell was a millionaire—palatial ranch, stock options, and money in the bank. Then he met his high school sweetheart after not seeing her for over ten years. With their love rekindled, they were married. Life was beautiful. They had no real worries, a lovely son, and a bright future.

Then she started using meth.

The craziness of the next few years would leave Sterling almost completely broke—financially, emotionally, and spiritually—and nearly murdered.

 

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