FEATURE/New Book By Craig Fraser, Author of The Previously Acclaimed Book Burnt, Provides Hope and Help for Teenage Addicts' Addiction, Treatment and Lasting Recovery.

--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Oct. 26, 1998--The second revised edition of the acclaimed book Burnt, renamed High School, A Teenager's Drug Addiction, Treatment and Lasting Recovery, has just entered the marketplace.

According to the New National Study On Drug Use by the Partnership for A Drug-Free America: one in four children between the ages of 9 and 12 were offered drugs last year. The number of children who tried marijuana for the first time doubled between 1995 and 1996 to nearly half a million.

Craig Fraser, like so many other teenagers in America, fell into habitual drug use. High School gives a complete and startling account of Fraser's life as a heavy drug user and dealer, as well as his difficult but successful ten years of life after treatment. Why does a good kid get involved in the corruptive world of drug addiction? Fraser answers with a frank and shocking disclosure of his own personal battle with pot, cocaine, and LSD, which he consumed in massive and highly dangerous doses. He speaks openly about the rituals that dominate an addict's daily like -- from cutting lines, to taking hits, to dropping acid -- as well as the risks he took as a major drug dealer while at school. Fraser's inspirational story tells why teenagers get involved in drugs and what it takes to break free and make a successful and lasting recovery.

High School describes Fraser's four-week experience as an initially unwilling patient in Sonoma Valley Hospital's Pegasus Drug Treatment Program. From evaluation through two different phases of rehabilitation to aftercare, the reader gains an understanding of how difficult recovery actually is.

Chock full of free hotline listings and web sites -- where to go and whom to call, High School offers hope and concrete help.

Fraser has spent the past eleven years working with young people in recovery as a group facilitator, Drug and Alcohol program developer and implementor, lecturer and author. A 1994 cum laude college graduate, he is currently on the Napa Valley, California Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board. He has been off drugs for ten years.

Fraser has appeared on numerous shows including "The Sally Jessy Raphael Show," "Live With Regis and Kathy Lee," "Sonya Live in L.A.," an HBO special and two segments of "What's Up With Dr. Ruth."

High School, A Teenager's Drug Addiction, Treatment and Lasting Recovery is $13.95 plus $4 shipping. To order call 800/431-1579 or write to AYNI Press, P.O. Box 335, St. Helena, CA 94574. Or call 707/963-5042 or email: [e-mail].