Product Description
"Where the hell am I? How did I get here?" Beginning at the age of 12, Jennifer Storm asked herself these questions many times after waking from alcohol-induced blackouts. During her teens and early twenties, Storm turned to alcohol to deal with the traumas in her life. In addition to alcohol, she also experimented with drugs, and eventually began using crack to deal with the deep black hole of sadness, loss, and unworthiness that she felt inside herself. That is, until she awoke in a hospital psych ward and saw bandages on her wrists. "The doctor came in and said I was a very lucky girl to be alive," she explains, "and for the first time in my life, I believed it." She agreed to transfer to a rehabilitation center, though she wondered how life would be without alcohol and drugs. "Even as I asked myself this question, I quietly just knew I would never need them again. That inherent knowledge gave me a greater sense of peace than I had ever felt before. It was intoxicating in a whole new way."

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 27 reviews)

One of the best books I've ever read by Patricia A. Storm (everywhere PA)

5 Stars
November 15, 2009
This girls story is incredible having overcome so many odds to succeed where so many others fail. Powerful, bold, raw and brutally honest. She tells it like it is without glamorizing addiction. A must read for anyone who loves or knows someone struggleing with addiction.

A Must Read for All by Nancy R. Black

5 Stars
August 04, 2009
Once I picked this book up, I read it in one day. It is an amazing journey of a horrible childhood but ends leaving one with tremendous hope. If you ever wanted to peek inside the mind of an addict and walk around--this is a good read to help understand the disease.

Ms. Storm courageously wrote of her life of rape, drug abuse and recovery by K. Oyer (Columbus, OH)

5 Stars
June 08, 2009
Blackout Girl by Jennifer Storm just caught my attention and I could not put it down. It was very emotional for me since I grew up in the same area as Jennifer and was familiar with a few people, places and stories she wrote about. She was very courageous to write about her rape and drug and alcohol addictions. Anyone who has a friend or relative who has experienced addiction to alcohol and drugs and/or sexual assault or have a young teen at home should read this. It is very easy to read and may help you to understand what sexual assault can do to a young girl and the direction it can send her in. These traumatic events happen more often than we realize or hear about. Thank you Jennifer for finding your strength and voice to write this.

An honest and gripping account of growing up in small town America by M. Jacoby (Phoenix, AZ USA)

5 Stars
June 03, 2009
This is a fascinating book detailing a young girls struggles to overcome rape, drugs, and alcoholism. An honest picture is painted of life in small town America where drinking and drugs are so prevalent. Blackout Girl is a gripping book that should be read and discussed with all teenagers.

raw and powerful by K. Anderson (central coast,ca)

5 Stars
April 16, 2009
I read this enticing memoir in two days, I couldnt put it down. Its so pure and naked, it is beautifully written. You feel and understand her as if you were there, and jennifer expresses it with great vaunerability. its a real inside to her heart and experiences.

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