By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir

by Tom Sizemore

  TOM SIZEMORE rose in prominence throughout the 1990s, establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy character. Born in Detroit, he got his start in Born on the Fourth of July, and has since starred in Devil in a Blue Dress, Strange Days, Wyatt Earp, Natural Born Killers, Heat, Saving Private Ryan, and Black Hawk Down, among many others. Sizemore recently costarred in Fox’s television pilot Exit Strategy and had a recurring guest-star role on Hawaii Five-O. Sizemore has counseled both teens involved in substance abuse and recovering addicts, and is actively involved with the Hollenbeck Youth Center in East Los Angeles.

  ANNA DAVID is the author of the novels Party Girl and Bought, the anthology Reality Matters, and the memoir Falling for Me. She is the executive editor of the addiction and recovery website The Fix, is doing graduate work in drug and alcohol counseling at UCLA, and speaks at colleges across the country on addiction.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Sizemore, Tom, 1961–

  By some miracle I made it out of there : a memoir / by Tom Sizemore with Anna David. — First Atria Books hardcover edition.

  pages cm

  1. Sizemore, Tom, 1961– 2. Actors—United States—Biography. 3. Methamphetamine abuse—California—Biography. 4. Drug addicts—Rehabilitation—California—Biography. I. David, Anna, 1970– II. Title.

  PN2287.S393A3 2013

  791.4302’8092—dc23

  [B]

  2012048280

  ISBN 978-1-4516-8167-3

  ISBN 978-1-4516-8169-7 (ebook)