About the Author
JORDAN P. BARNES spent his early years in Hawai`i before moving to Portland, OR for the supposed “best years of his life.” While in college, his alcoholism ramped up and led to deeper and darker addictions, peaking with a multi-year intravenous heroin and cocaine addiction that lasted until 2011, when he entered a two-year, long-term inpatient facility at Sand Island Treatment Center in Honolulu Hawai`i. Now a grateful alcoholic and addict in recovery (clean date, Aug. 29th, 2011), Jordan is a substance use disorder advocate, homeowner, loving husband, proud father of two amazing sons, and an award-winning, best-selling author.
In February of 2021, Jordan made the decision to pursue his dream and commit to writing full-time. After the success of his first book, One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery, Jordan released a free book, Rules to Die By: A Heroin Addict’s Take on Life in Long-Term Recovery, followed by his first novel, Bridgetown: A Harm Reduction Novel (2022) and Late Blight in the Koʻolaus: A Novel (2023).
ONE HIT AWAY: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY
Winner of 2020's "Best Book of the Year" award from Indies Today
Winner of the Nonfiction Cover Design award from The Book Designer
Finalist for the 15th Annual Book Awards in the Addiction & Recovery category from the National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA)
Finalist for the 2021 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards in the Spiritual/Inspirational category
Recipient of the Book Readers Appreciation Group Medallion
BRIDGETOWN: A HARM REDUCTION NOVEL
Finalist for the 2021 Indies Today Book Award Contest
Finalist for the 16th Annual Book Awards in the Addiction & Recovery category from the National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA)
Finalist for the 2022 Readers' Favorite Book Award Contest in the Social Issues category
Finalist for the 2022 Book of the Year Awards from the Independent Author Network in the General Fiction and First Novel (over 80,000 words) categories
LATE BLIGHT IN THE KOʻOLAUS: A NOVEL
Winner of 2022’s “Best Literary” Book Award from Indies Today
RIP CITY: A PORTLAND SOB STORY
Available exclusively in the Amazon Kindle Vella store
RULES TO DIE BY: FROM HEROIN ADDICTION TO LIFE IN LONG-TERM RECOVERY
Available for free at www.jordanpbarnes.com/rulestodieby
STAY IN THE BOAT: A PROMPT JOURNAL FOR THE NEWCOMER IN RECOVERY (3 BOOK SERIES)
THE SOBER YEAR CHALLENGE: A 365-DAY JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY IN RECOVERY
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Media and Speaking Opportunities
“Jordan P. Barnes speaks as he writes, telling his story of hope and redemption honestly and with humility. His motives are simple. He is a man telling his truth, which at times is brutal and raw, in hopes that it may help others. He brings understanding to how truly hopeless an addict can become. His insights and experiences fly in the face of some of our typical beliefs about addiction and should cause us to want to examine what we think we know about it. At the same he provides strong support for the value of the social models of addiction treatment. Most importantly, it tells us there is still hope as long as just one person believes there is.”
—Marty Adelman, MA, CPRP | Behavioral Health Program Manager. Health Quality Partners
