Brackish: A memoir of addiction, survival, and the life in between.

I WAS ON TRACK TO BECOME A DOCTOR.

THEN HEROIN BECAME PART OF THE PLAN.

Brackish is a memoir about addiction, survival, and the space in between.

From the streets of Detroit to the back corridors of Israel, from psych units to hospital floors, DANIEL DELUCCI lived on both sides of the same system first as a patient, then as a provider.

This isn't a story about hitting bottom.

It's about what happens when things don't fall apart all at once-when they slip, slowly, while everything on the surface still looks intact.

It's about decisions that made sense at the time, even when they were leading somewhere else.

And what it takes to come back from that.

If you're in it-really in it—you don't need the whole path.

Just the next step.

DANIEL DELUCCI is a nurse in behavioral health.

He has experienced addiction from both sides as a patient and now as a provider.

He lives in Michigan with his wife, Lia.