There’s a lot to digest in her journey, from the innocent beginnings to the consuming dependence, despair, and fear. And a story of how she pulled herself out of it without losing herself in it or her son. It’s also an account of her descent into a relationship of terrifying abuse.
It’s an unapologetic portrayal of a life centered around drugs: taking them, selling them, enjoying the money earned from them. The story is a compelling chronicle about Jen’s life as a Deadhead. The subtitle of SICK by Jen Smith is "A riveting memoir about drug dealing, addiction, and understanding abuse." All true. But SICK is ultimately a story of survival and resilience, of what happens when one woman says, enough and fights to change her life, for her sake and her son’s…before it’s too late. Riveting and fast-paced, SICK follows Jen’s harrowing descent into addiction and domestic violence and lifts the curtain to reveal a twisted world few of us could imagine. Especially when your crack-addicted boyfriend routinely points a loaded gun at your head. But knowing that and getting out are two different things. When Jen gets pregnant and has a healthy baby boy, she knows she can’t continue on this dangerous and soul-crushing path. But there was a darker side as well as the two fell deeper and deeper into ravaging cocaine, meth and alcohol addiction, and as Greg became increasingly unstable and violent. Their wealth afforded them exciting, extravagant luxuries, like lavish vacations to Hawaii, Costa Rica and Jamaica. Theirs was a high-risk, high stakes lifestyle and a daily adrenalin rush. Savvy and unsuspecting, Greg and Jen became major operators with connections to powerful Mexicans, moving thousands of pounds of marijuana across the country and amassing over a million dollars in a few years. The two quickly developed both a whirlwind romance and a thriving drug operation. Then she met Greg, whose charisma and swagger eclipsed his prison record. With the income earned from her small time pot growing business, Jen spent her twenties happily following the Grateful Dead around the country with her beloved dog, JJ and a lively community of deadhead friends. But fifteen years ago her life was a very different story. Today, Jen Smith is a typical single mom in the ‘burbs, racing to pick up her son from basketball practice, preparing for Cub Scouts and volunteering at the school’s ice cream social. Behind the suburban mom… Behind the successful businesswoman… Is a dark past you would never suspect.
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