“I woke up missing part of my face”—Jared Klickstein barely survived addiction, and wrote a book about it
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Meghan Murphy speaks with Jared Klickstein, who spent years on the street as a drug addict before the severe consequences of his lifestyle forced him to get clean for good.
Jared recently published a book about his experiences: Crooked Smile: What It Took to Escape a Decade of Homelessness, Addiction, & Crime.
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