“In 2015, Jason Yamas was a 29-year-old multimedia producer working for a Grammy Award-winning artist. But by the following year, life as he knew it started to deteriorate…”

“It’s tempting to market him as a gay Walter White…If anything, ‘Tweakerworld’ is more akin to a gay ‘Requiem for a Dream’ in how it brutally conveys the experience of addiction.”

“Someone pulled a gun on him. He began to experience drug-induced paranoia and psychosis and became convinced he was being watched and monitored…”

“…Tweakerworld is both an incredibly personal memoir about addiction and a lesson for anyone who thinks it could never happen to them.”

“A frank, honest memoir detailing Jason’s personal account of addiction, and how he became in control of the entire crystal meth market for San Francisco’s gay community.”

“But the drug-fueled, round-the-clock sex parties, criminals and surprising cast of characters he meets along the way just scratch the surface…by blending his personal account of addiction with a world that’s mostly relegated to the shadows, this superlative storyteller bears a narrative binded by humor, tenderness, and triumph.”

“…having a gun pointed at my head, being in car chases…and I was able to channel the fear into THRILL. That’s how confusing these chemicals are…they completely contort natural emotions and make them appear as something they are not.”

“…years of trauma that build up this belief that ‘I don’t fit in, I’m not the way I’m supposed to be, the sex that I crave is wrong, it’s not natural’…so what these drugs do is they quash all of those fears…”

“How does one accidentally become one of San Francisco’s biggest crystal meth dealers? You start with Beanie Babies…”

“There is something in the chemistry of the way crystal affects certain individuals that turns them evil, into people who make these decisions that they never would have otherwise…I wondered if they had always been predators, or if the extended use had unearthed something in them…’”

John Piccuioto: “Listen, you do a very good job of telling the story in the book…but to hear that you would go from a casual to habitual user of the drug, to a dealer, to a very large-scale dealer, inside a YEAR AND AND HALF is—that’s fucking WILD.”

“Tweakerworld explores Yamas’s history of addiction, from Adderall to meth, his career as a filmmaker, gay culture, his relationships with his family and boyfriends, and his often drug-fueled sex life. Tweakerworld is brutally honest and beautifully told.”

“Readers will learn everything there is to know about this dark underworld, and how its inhabitants connect with each other. Meth, and other dangerous substances, are only a click away.”

“Many of the people surrounding this story said the same haunting thing: there are other Ed Bucks out there.…Plus, a major meth dealer reveals how cartels are using gay men like him to get the drugs into the veins of those in the chemsex scene.”

“Readers will learn everything there is to know about this dark underworld, and how its inhabitants connect with each other. Meth, and other dangerous substances, are only a click away…”

“Crystal meth crisis meets Bay Area gay culture in this compelling memoir by Jason Yamas, a film producer who finds himself in control of the entire market for San Francisco’s gay community…”

“I want the book to pull back the curtain on and start a conversation about this gay dual addiction of heightened drugs and sex—and its ramifications. I want people who have these types of addicts in their lives to have a better understanding of how they can manage those relationships.”

From interview: “…I learned that I’m a thrill junkie. Yes, I was a crystal meth addict, a cocaine addict before that, then an Adderall addict, and even a crime addict.”

“We loved that these versions looked similar to a movie poster. It felt like a reference to Jason’s meth use being ‘research’ for a movie he is going to write, a thing he tells himself and others throughout his journey…”

Jason on shame in queer community: “Everybody to a degree is experiencing that kind of rejection, that kind of massive societal rejection: ‘Who I am beginning to realize is me is being told that it’s not right.’”

“…the book’s precision on when and how to reveal dark corners of culture propels this book into must-read status.”

“His memoir is an intimate and unguarded look at the fast-growing problem of crystal meth addiction in the queer community…with intention and empathy.”

Tweakerworld named BuzzFeed’s pick for best non-fiction release of the week.

“…In the end, he makes it out, mind and body intact enough to produce this book. It’s a testament to resolve and a remarkable view of a multifaceted, and at-times destructive, subculture.”

“There are countless approaches to depicting the subject of a memoir. Tweakerworld by Jason Yamas turns a portrait of the writer into eye-catching pop art.”

Host Joanie Sigal talks with Author of Tweakerworld, Jason Yamas, about his experiences with meth addiction, crime, art, and building a personal path to recovery and healing.

“This is such a great read, so immersive in its telling, to the point where you really embody the author’s experiences at times, to the point it can be overwhelming; there’s a transportive quality to the work as a whole.”

“…I was taken aback by this memoir. It gripped me like the best fiction, and I kept having to remind myself this was a true story.”