{"product_id":"on-drugs-by-chris-fleming","title":"'On Drugs' by Chris Fleming","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"1270\"\u003eChris Fleming’s \u003cem data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"670\"\u003eOn Drugs\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir of addiction, but it is also a book about compulsion in a wider sense: the rituals, evasions, self-deceptions, and private systems by which a life is held together and then gradually undone.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"1270\"\u003eIt follows the escalation of drug use from student experimentation into something far more destructive, moving through hospitalisations, arrests, breakdown, and the slow unmaking of a tightly managed self. Giramondo’s own framing is useful here: the book opens outward from substance use into questions of religion, masculinity, mental illness, and recovery. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1741\"\u003eFleming is better known in Australian intellectual circles as a philosopher and cultural analyst, which gives the book a different texture from the usual confessional memoir. He writes with a strong analytic instinct, but without scrubbing away the absurdity or humiliation of what he’s describing. The result is a memoir that is sharp, self-aware, and often unexpectedly funny, without becoming glib about addiction or its damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1658\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Australian edition, 2019 (Giramondo Publishing). Very good condition: clean, tight binding with no markings observed. Covers show minimal shelf wear; pages crisp. A well-kept copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44421905055827,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-10T144302.996.png?v=1775796193","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/on-drugs-by-chris-fleming","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}