DEATH GRIP: A CLIMBER’S ESCAPE FROM BENZO MADNESS
Book ID/图书代码: 08260013B61084
English Summary/英文概要: Death Grip chronicles a top climber’s near-fatal struggle with anxiety and depression, and his nightmarish journey through the dangerous world of prescription drugs. Matt Samet lived to climb, and craved the challenge, risk, and exhilaration of conquering sheer rock faces around the United States and internationally. But Samet’s depression, compounded by the extreme diet and fitness practices of climbers, led him to seek professional help. He entered the murky, inescapable world of psychiatric medicine, where he developed a dangerous addiction to prescribed medications—primarily "benzos," or benzodiazepines—that landed him in institutions and nearly killed him.
With dramatic storytelling, persuasive research data, and searing honesty, Matt Samet reveals the hidden epidemic of benzo addiction, which some have suggested can be harder to quit than heroin. Millions of adults and teenagers are prescribed these drugs, but few understand how addictive they are—and how dangerous long-term usage can be, even when prescribed by doctors.
After a difficult struggle with addiction, Samet slowly makes his way to a life in recovery through perseverance and a deep love of rock climbing. Conveying both the exhilaration of climbing in the wilderness and the utter madness of addiction, Death Grip is a powerful and revelatory memoir.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 《死亡旅程》讲述了Matt Samet,也就是作者自己,一位顶级登山者与忧郁症抗争的故事,在此过程中,他服用了一种叫苯二氮的镇定类药物,从此,他的噩梦便开始了。Matt Samet以登山为生,也热衷于挑战美国及世界各地的高山峻岭。可由于过度节食以及严酷的常规训练使得他饱受忧郁症的困扰,不得不求助于医生。于是他接触到了阴暗的精神病医学,并陷入了苯二氮的毒瘾而不可自拔,这种药物使他疾病缠身并差点丧命。
《死亡旅程》运用了戏剧般的叙事手法,机具说服力的研究数据为故事增添了真实感。Matt Samet发现了隐藏在苯二氮毒瘾背后的真相,戒除此类药物甚至要比海洛因还要难得多,全球成千上万的青少年和成人都服用这种药物,然后极少人意识到他们对此的瘾有多大,长期服用有多大的危害。
与毒瘾艰难的抗争后, Samet逐渐恢复了健康,以及对登山务无比的热爱。《死亡旅程》融入了主人公对登山的热爱和欢愉,以及在戒毒过程中的艰难与困苦,不失为一部很有启发意义的回忆录。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况:“同是一名登山者,我也经历过忧郁症的折磨,痛苦的治疗,我的事业本身也是一场冒险。Matt Samet的回忆录使我倍受鼓舞。我经历了截肢,但是相比Matt戒除毒瘾的经历相比,他是多么得有勇气。这本书会帮助我们走过困境,找到阳光。”——Aron Ralston,纽约时代周刊畅销书《坚硬之地》作者
“就算你不是一个登山者也能领略到这本书的魅力。Matt Samet在这本书中将自己的经历娓娓道来。任何患上苯二氮瘾的患者或是他们的家人都能从中受益。”——Heather Ashton博士,《艾什顿手册》作者
“在读这本书的时候,我一直有个困惑,Matt Samet在患病期间,又是如何继续自己的攀登事业呢?我在最后找到了答案,这位年轻的人的勇敢表现在书中尽现,他遇到了前所未有的困难,最终挺了过来。”——Robert Whitaker,《流行病解析》作者
“Matt的文字天赋在文章开头便可见一斑,不仅是其写作风格前卫,引人入胜,他的作品总是充满了真实感,抓住你的眼球。”——Jennifer Leigh博士 ,benozowithdrawalhelp.com
“Matt从15岁时就开始登山了,曾是《登山杂志》的主编,但是此后他就遭遇了人生的重大挫折,因为要治疗因训练压力而引起的抑郁症,他服用了苯二氮,却从此对其上瘾。他的回忆录俨然是一个警示故事,不仅对登山者,对世人都有教育意义。”——《图书馆杂志》
About the Author/作者介绍: Matt Samet是一位狂热的登山爱好者,自由撰稿人,作者,以及编辑,《登山杂志》的前主编,他已经从事登山事业25年有余了。Matt Samet是《登山字典》(登山者丛书,2011)以及即将出版的回忆录《死亡旅程》(圣马丁报刊,2/13)的作者,书中讲述了他从对苯二氮上瘾无法自拔,以及精神科医生误诊,用药过渡中恢复过来,重新投入登山事业的故事。Matt Samet is an avid rock climber and a freelance journalist, writer, and editor in Boulder, Colorado. The former editor in chief of Climbing Magazine, he has been climbing for a quarter century. Samet is the author of the Climbing Dictionary (The Mountaineers Books, 2011) as well as the upcoming memoir Death Grip (St. Martin’s Press, 2/13), about his escape from benzodiazepine addiction and psychiatric misdiagnosis and overmedication.
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