Bouncing back from addiction and crime

By Jamie Lindsay

In his frank and honest autobiography, Jamie Lindsay pulls no punches.
He documents his life of crime in the West of Scotland, and his making the
courageous decision to break his addiction to drugs and give up the life of crime
that fueled it.
Having had a challenging early life in Bourtreehill, a small town in Ayrshire,
Scotland, Jamie got drawn into petty criminality. By his early twenties, he had
become an adept credit card hustler and bank cheque fraudster, and this led
on to his using cannabis. He then took to dealing drugs, initially cannabis, then
later cocaine and crack.
He served a number of short prison sentences for fraud and supplying drugs.
He recounts the craziness of his wild lifestyle and his times in jail, often managing
to find the humour in his experiences.
When he was entering his forties, Jamie decided that his criminal lifestyle was
unsustainable, ruining his health and relationships. Through his own efforts he
managed to break his addiction to heroin, and was determined to be free of his
former criminal life.
While recovering from his addiction Jamie decide to write a short account of his
experiences. It became this full-length book. He wanted to show, in graphic detail,
the nature of the life he had led, and the impact it has on relationships, in the hope
that some young people reading this book might be turned away from embarking
on a life of crime and drugs.
Jamie has bounced back and become free of the drug and criminal lifestyle and hopes this
book can be an object lesson to others who might wish to take this wrong path in their life.
It's a tough read in places, but Jamie's humanity and strength of will shows through.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BBK3XNZL
• ISBN13: 9798846217027
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"