American Fix, Ryan Hampton
American Fix, Ryan Hampton
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American Fix
Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis - and How to End It

Author: Ryan Hampton

Narrator: Ryan Hampton

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2018


Synopsis

Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of life. Millions of Americans, tired of watching their loved ones die while politicians ignore this issue. Where is the solution? Where is the hope? Where's the outrage?

Ryan Hampton is a young man who has made addiction and recovery reform his life's mission. Through the wildly successful non-profit organization Facing Addiction, Hampton has been rocketed to the center of America’s rising recovery movement—quickly emerging as the de facto leader of the national conversation on addiction. He understands firsthand how easy it is to develop a dependency on opioids, and how destructive it can quickly become. Now, he is waging a permanent campaign to change our way of thinking about and addressing addiction in this country.

In American Fix, Hampton describes his personal struggle with addiction, outlines the challenges that the recovery movement currently faces, and offers a concrete, comprehensive plan of action towards making America’s addiction crisis a thing of the past.

Praise for American Fix:

“The opioid crisis affects so many all across America — I’m proud that Ryan found help and is now helping others.” - President Bill Clinton

"As someone who has experienced the problem of addiction from both sides, both as President Obama’s drug czar and as a person in long term recovery myself, I'm able to attest to our woefully inadequate system of treatment, criminal justice and rehabilitation. Ryan Hampton’s book is a powerful and timely contribution to understanding the dimensions of this crisis--and what we can do about it." - Michael Botticelli, White House Drug Czar, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Obama

About Ryan Hampton

Ryan Hampton is a national addiction recovery advocate, author, media commentator, and person in long-term recovery. He has worked with multiple non-profits nationwide to end overdose and served in leadership capacities for various community organizing initiatives. Hampton is in recovery from a decade of active opioid use and is a leading voice in America's rising recovery movement. He is the author of Unsettled and American Fix—and lives in Nevada with his husband, Sean, and their boxer dog, Quincy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on February 04, 2018

Hampton doesn't only reveal his candid and undisguised personal journey; better yet, he pushes the reader's understanding of this national health crisis. Penned with convincing passion, Hampton pushes for change and solutions. After reading American Fix one can't help but feel outrage and conviction......more

Goodreads review by Keith on January 11, 2019

Ryan Hampton, the author, is a person in recovery from addiction. He also has a background in political organizing, which makes him uniquely qualified to write this political 'call to action.' While its light on the history of the epidemic -- and the solution/bright-spots are vaguer than I'd like, t......more

Goodreads review by Elyse on January 26, 2019

While I learned a lot about how a person with substance abuse disorder in recovery views the disease and recovery options, I had to put the book down for a while to take a break from the constant blame on everyone and everything else. One train of thought that really irked me in reading this is that......more

Goodreads review by Friscomama on October 23, 2018

The three star rating is not based on the message of this book, but the length and repetition. The United States has an opioid addiction problem. The author, Ryan Hampton was a participant. The book presents details of how most people are introduced to opioids (medical prescriptions for pain relief)......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on July 10, 2020

I think this is an important perspective. Having worked in the thick of the opioid epidemic for the last 18 months, his voice fills in many gaps. "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu" rings true to me. And from experience with loved ones and their personal journeys through addiction/recov......more