Meth VS Death: “No Way Out” is told in a conversational style by Stormy Rainey that makes it very easy to enter his life. First, briefly, his earliest childhood memories, but progressing rapidly to real trouble for him and his brother in their mid-teens. Cousin Mary is into drugs, and where she leads Stormy follows. Or he does until he builds a countrywide drug empire of his own, constantly dodging police out to get him, and all before he finished school. His personal “brief” is to show the eternal struggle between good and evil – God and the devil, if you will – and it is done with an honesty that draws a reader remorselessly on through the horrors of drug-taking and its effects on society today.

Stormy Rainey made me wonder, “There but for the grace of God go I.” According to many experts, 80% of the person we become depends on childhood experiences, and he had some that account for much, but not all. Meth VS Death: “No Way Out” is not for the easily offended or the squeamish; drug-taking affects every aspect of life. That includes sex, and addicted Stormy Rainey has no qualms about having sisters one after the other, treating girls roughly, or intensely descriptive detail concerning his poor health due to not eating or sleeping. Then there is Amber, druggie and mother of his son, Tommy, who grows up to deal in meth. Must the circle of life always be drugs, theft for money to buy more, and jail? Meth VS Death: “No Way Out” poses a powerful question.

Meth VS Death: No Way Out by Stormy Rainey is a focused and hugely inspiring autobiography. It’s raw and told in an utterly honest tone. This is the story of a man’s involvement in drugs and the fetters that held him in a low life, got him involved in crime and finally led him to a jail cell. One may ask: What does the story of an addict and drug dealer to do with anything? It’s more than that. It’s the story of his struggle with addiction, a tale of redemption, sprinkled with lessons and truths that can help any reader out there. In the opening chapter, the author states: “It’s an up and down roller coaster ride — my highs will leave that warm butterfly feeling in your stomach and my lows are the all-time lows that leave you sick and in disbelief.”

The author takes the reader through a childhood trauma, an accident in which he lost Mike, a brother. He was just three years old then. His mother divorced his biological father and Stormy lived with his adopted father, his mom’s new husband. By the time young Stormy neared his senior year in high school, he had earned a pretty good reputation as a drug dealer and the reputation went beyond school. From this moment, readers see a roller coaster life of drug dealing, moving from weed to cocaine. Follow him through the highs and lows of his life until the moment where he has to choose between meth and death, and is there any difference between the two?

The story is told in a very simple style and the honesty that comes across in the author’s voice is stunning. Stormy Rainey has a way of integrating family dynamics into the narrative that will get the reader’s attention. The author gives readers an inside look at what it takes to deal with drugs. The story also explores the psychology of addiction and offers a strong testimony of how it escalates until the user becomes helpless. Ultimately, this autobiography explains what it takes to lead a low life, but it’s the author’s journey towards redemption that will impress most readers. Meth VS Death: No Way Out is both inspiring and informative, a story that is ruthlessly honest, packed with insights and lessons for anyone battling an addiction.

I’ve always believed truth is stranger than fiction. Likewise, truth is often harder to read and believe, often even more frightening than the best of thriller fiction. Meth vs Death “No Way Out” by Stormy Rainey (his real name) is true, hard to read and, yes, frightening…perhaps not so much to drug addicts (though it should be)…but to those readers who don’t have such addictions, or who perhaps have children whom they fear might be using pot, cocaine or meth. As youngsters, both Stormy and his brother, Brandon, had aspirations of playing football professionally in the future. But after Stormy got himself kicked off the local team, Brandon quit too. Now, two teenagers - with time on their hands and lots of anger in their hearts from years of their father’s abuse - became “good at being bad”. As so often happens, their drug involvement began in small, recreational ways and blew itself up into a way of life that lasted, at least for Stormy, over a decade. Over those years, Stormy graduated from recreational user to severe addiction, most of the time supporting himself, and eventually his wife and infant, through selling to friends. His final deterioration…and subsequent incarceration…was the result of manufacturing and distributing meth. As Rainey says at one point in the book: “I was living to die…living to get high…nothing more, nothing less,” and even the birth of his son wasn’t enough to make him stop his self and family-destroying habit.

When we meet Stormy, and where we leave him, is awaiting trial on a slew of charges likely to get him 8-15 years in jail. He has written Meth VS Death “No Way Out” in the hopes he might save at least one person from the agonies of the life he brought upon himself and his family. Quite honestly, I almost think his book should be required reading for both parents and teens. He has done a superb job of telling the ugly truth honestly. One can sense the regret he feels, not so much for being caught, but for wasting so many years of his young life and destroying the lives of others. Rainey’s observations on people, both friends and not, are often astute and worth readers’ time. And while the book may not be stylistically perfect, and relies heavily on narrative, the pace never slows down or becomes boring. You just find yourself constantly wishing Rainey could walk away from his addiction instead of digging bigger and deeper holes for himself. Let’s just hope his story will give others following a similar path a reason to reconsider hanging around with those who facilitate their habits…especially when they are still in their teens and still too young to consider the true consequences of their actions.

This is a brutal look at the life of a drug addict from the beginning party stage to the surviving day to day for the next hit. It is heartbreakingly honest. It captivates you from the beginning. It should be required reading for those that think drugs are fun and harmless. The descent from the first high to hell is depicted in this book.

It’s a very good book and you can visualize the story as you read it. I recommend anyone with a drug addiction or know someone with one to read this. You can feel that the authors heart and emotions are in this book. It’s s great read, I couldn’t put it down.

I’ve always believed truth is stranger than fiction. Likewise truth is often harder to read and believe, often even more frightening that the best of thriller fiction. Meth vs Death “No Way Out” by Stormy Rainey (his real name) is true, hard to read and, yes, frightening…perhaps not so much to drug addicts (though it should be)…but to those readers who don’t have such addictions, or who perhaps have children whom they fear might be using pot, cocaine or meth.

As youngsters, both Stormy and his brother Brandon, had aspirations of playing football professionally in the future. But after Stormy got himself kicked off the local team, Brandon quit too. Now, two teenagers with time on their hands and lots of anger in their hearts from years of their father’s abuse, became “good at being bad”.

As too often happens, their drug involvement began in small, recreational way and blew itself up into a way of life, that lasted, at least for Stormy, over a decade. Over those years, Stormy graduated from recreational user, to severe addiction, most of the time supporting himself, and eventually his wife and infant, through selling to friends. His final deterioration…and subsequent incarceration…was the result of manufacturing and distributing meth. As Rainey says at one point in the book:

“I was living to die…living to get high…nothing more, nothing less,”

and even the birth of his son wasn’t enough to make him stop his self and family-destroying habit.

When we meet Stormy, and where we leave him, is awaiting trial on a slew of charges likely to get him 8-15years in jail. He has written Meth VS Death “No Way Out” in the hopes he might save at least one person from the agonies of the life he brought upon himself and his family. Quite honestly, I almost think his book should be required reading for both parents and teens. He has done a superb job of telling the ugly truth honestly. One can sense the regret he feels, not so much for being caught, but for wasting so many years of his young life and destroying the lives of others.

Rainey’s observations on people, both friends and not, are often astute and worth readers’ time. And while the book may not be stylistically perfect, and relies heavily on narrative, the pace never slows down or becomes boring. You just find yourself constantly wishing Rainey could walk away from his addiction instead of digging bigger and deeper holes for himself. Let’s just hope his story will give others following a similar path a reason to reconsider hanging around with those who facilitate their habits…especially when they are still in their teens and still too young to consider the true consequences of their actions.

Eye remember when he was writing this story on notebook paper. We were in the same pod in jail. It's a in depth look into the life of a drug addict. And after he meets my first cousin Amber a in depth look into a meth cooks life. The crazy lengths and paranoia that happens in this life are laid out in front of you. If your curious about what it's like to be in the meth game or wanna see what's it's like for one small time meth cooks life, eye suggest you pick up this book. Or if you're into true stories about real life this is a must have.

Wow such a interesting well written book! I read it in a day and now I'm waiting for his next book. I highly recommend reading it!