High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

Tiffany Jenkins

Jun 2019 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Tiffany Jenkins

About this audiobook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis.
 
“Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie

When word got out that Tiffany Jenkins was withdrawing from opiates on the floor of a jail cell, people in her town were shocked. Not because of the twenty felonies she’d committed, or the nature of her crimes, or even that she’d been captain of the high school cheerleading squad just a few years earlier, but because her boyfriend was a Deputy Sherriff, and his friends—their friends—were the ones who’d arrested her.
 
A raw and twisty page-turning memoir that reads like fiction, High Achiever spans Tiffany’s life as an active opioid addict, her 120 days in a Florida jail where every officer despised what she’d done to their brother in blue, and her eventual recovery. With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease—whether it’s a loved one or themselves.

Ratings and reviews

A well written and entertaining story of one woman who has been repeatedly failed by her family, friends, and society. Also a great example of how substances don't "ruin" people's lives, but the laws surrounding them do. Instead of seeing those who struggle with substance use as people who have unmet needs they are judged, invalidated, and shamed into self -blame. AA model of "individual accountability" rather than taking a deep look at how our toxic society first creates and then punishes "addicts".

started and finished this book all in one night! it was so amazing and j just wanted it to keep going. please write about life after addiction! talk about your life how it is now. you are such an inspiration. i have been in and out of rehab and jail for years so i completely related to alot. addiction is scary consuming. ahhhhhhhhhhhhh i LOVE you!! and super proud of your success. you deserve the world and more. keep sharing keep writing keep making people smile in videos keep going 🙌

I have never been so enthralled in a book before. This woman helped me see myself. I never seen myself this way before I discovered this brave beautiful, hilarious person. I wish I could hug her and thank her personally. Trying to comprehend, if Tiffany actually taken her life that day in jail, all of the deeply thoughtful moments I- and many others- would have missed. Addicts everywhere need to read this. It is what I envision when I hear the phrase; We Do Recover