Download or read book Eating Smoke One Man s Descent Into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong s Triad Heartland written by Chris Thrall and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs he ended up homeless and hooked on Crystal Meth. He began working for the 14K, the city's most notorious crime syndicate, as a nightclub doorman in the Wan Chai red-light district. Heavily in psychosis, he uncovered a huge global conspiracy, made all the more confusing by the 'Foreign Triad' - a secretive expat clique in cahoots with the Chinese mafia. Desperate, addicted and alone in the neon glare of Hong Kong's seedy backstreets, Chris was forced to survive in the world's most unforgiving city, addicted to the world's most dangerous drug. Engaging, honest and full of Chris's irrepressible humour, this remarkable memoir combines gripping storytelling with brooding menace as the Triads begin to cast their shadow over him. The result is a truly psychotic urban nightmare.

Download or read book Eating Smoke written by Chris Thrall and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Thrall left the Royal Marine Commandos to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs ended up homeless and in psychosis from crystal meth addiction.He began working for the 14K, a viscous Hong Kong crime syndicate, as a nightclub doorman in the Wan Chai red-light district, where he uncovered a vast global conspiracy and the 'Foreign Triad' - a secretive expat clique in cahoots with the Chinese gangs.Alone and confused in the neon glare of Hong Kong's seedy backstreets, Chris was forced to survive in the world's most unforgiving city, hooked on the world's most dangerous drug ...

Download or read book Going Commando written by Mark Time and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'TOUGH, TOUCHING... IT'S A RIGHT GOOD READ' - DAILY TELEGRAPHAt 16, Mark Time wants to become either a geologist or a Royal Marines Commando. So which does he choose? Despite his love of basalt, he chooses the career that teaches him how to kill... and sh*t in plastic bags.Knowing his weak body will have to shape up to complete thirty weeks of commando training, Mark prepares for the Royal Marines by sleeping in his shed wearing only plastic bags. He braves pain by ordering his mate to attack him while trapped in a sleeping bag. He starves himself in a stupid urban survival exercise, turning down the offer of crispy pancakes from his bewildered mother.He is ready.Some might say for the nut house...Often hilarious and yet shockingly sobering, this is the true story of a boy who joins one of the world's most elite military units with only naivety and incompetence equalling his will to succeed.'A cover to cover laughathon' - SOLDIER MAGAZINE

Download or read book Forty Nights written by Thrall Chris and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Royal Marines Commando Chris Thrall returned from a year in Hong Kong suffering severe psychosis from crystal meth addiction and PTSD. The medical profession said recovery was unlikely. Chris refused all treatment and his life descended into a chaotic cycle of drug use that almost killed him ... until salvation came in a surprising form.

Download or read book Ice Age a Journey Into Crystal Meth Addiction written by Luke Williams and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory work of intimate investigative journalism mixed with memoir: William Burroughs for the Breaking Bad generation.Journalist Luke Williams had moved into a house with an old friend and meth dealer in outer-suburban Melbourne researching addiction to crystal methamphetamine when he accidentally became addicted to it himself. Over the next three months, he descended into psychosis. He believed his parents were trying to poison him, that a pedophile ring was being run from the local café and that he was bound to become a rap star. He became transfixed with violent fantasy and masturbation for days on end. He ended up living on the streets, then into Australia's what was most notorious boarding house - The Gatwick.Ice Age tells the story of Luke's fall as well as the fate of two other addicts - Smithy and Beck (both parents of young children) while simultaneously explaining how and why crystal meth has become a problem in Australia and all over the western world.Shocking. Honest. Engrossing.Shortlisted for the Nib Waverley Prize Longlisted Walkley Book Prize Longlisted for a CWA Dagger Award Highly Commended Australian Drug Foundation Media Awards'[An] unblinking account ... shot through with little slivers of acid humour.' (Andrew Anthony, The Observer)'Williams is a talented writer... Ice Age is a vivid, detailed and balanced account of methamphetamine use [and] a remarkable, original and compelling journey. To quote the king of gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson: buy the ticket, take the ride.' (Andrew McMillen, The Weekend Australian).'The intensity of Williams's focus on Australia's meth problem is ultimately not a flaw but a virtue - it's what makes The Ice Age vividly memorable...In documenting his addiction, Williams thrusts the book into the realm of celebrated drug memoirs, from Thomas de Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater, to William Burroughs' novelized Junky and Hunter S Thompson's part-autobiographical, part-fictional Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.' (Chris Harvey, The Telegraph)'The Ice Age finds a steady rhythm between the vivid, surreal, violent and sorrowful memories of what Williams experiences while addicted, and thoroughly researched sections on history, law, policing and psychology that qualify the book as an excellent reference work ... At his worst, Williams could lie to himself and everyone else with a flair that may have been natural or drug-inspired, or a mixture of both. In this book, he reaches towards the truth. As both an ex-addict and a journalist, he appears to have found it.' (Sean Bell, Scotland Herald)