{"id":1054,"date":"2025-03-25T00:11:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/?page_id=1054"},"modified":"2025-05-19T19:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:26:23","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/?page_id=1054","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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They say the first taste of addiction often comes disguised as relief, and for Kevin Murray, that disguise was an innocent-looking white pill. Pills and Me: My Spiral into Addiction is an unflinchingly raw and personal account of a young man\u2019s descent into opioid addiction\u2014a journey from curiosity to survival in a world ravaged by a seemingly harmless but relentless beast.
As Kevin tells it, his addiction didn\u2019t begin with a reckless choice. It began with exhaustion, loneliness, and a desire to feel anything other than the crushing weight of his circumstances.<\/p>

From his first Percocet in a flooded basement to the countless pills that followed, Kevin\u2019s story pulls back the curtain on the gritty, complex layers of addiction. He confronts the dark places addiction took him\u2014estranged relationships, near-daily despair, and a never-ending need to feel \u201cokay.\u201d Told in his own voice, Kevin\u2019s story isn\u2019t a glamorous or sanitized tale; it\u2019s an honest look at what it means to lose control, fight for a second chance, and claw back one\u2019s life.
For anyone who’s been touched by addiction, whether directly or indirectly, Pills and Me provides a window into the battles that take place behind closed doors. This isn\u2019t just Kevin\u2019s story; it\u2019s a testament to the resilience of those who refuse to surrender to the dark.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About the Book PILLS AND ME They say the first taste of addiction often comes disguised as relief, and for Kevin Murray, that disguise was an innocent-looking white pill. Pills and Me: My Spiral into Addiction is an unflinchingly raw and personal account of a young man\u2019s descent into opioid addiction\u2014a journey from curiosity to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1054","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1054\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmmurray.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}