If It Fits in It Gets In
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If It Fits in It Gets In
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Narrated by:
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John Opalinski
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By:
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John Opalinski
IF IT FITS IN IT GETS IN
A Semi Fictional Memoir
At eight years old, John Kyle shares his first full beer with his mostly absent father at a backyard wedding in New Hampshire. By eighteen, he’s washing down handfuls of ecstasy with cocaine laced Four Lokos at house parties. By twenty four, he’s “Kyle Krave,” the most in demand bartender in a Las Vegas gay super club, serving celebrities by night and snorting lines in the bathroom between rounds. If it fits in, it gets in: alcohol, pills, heroin, powder, chaos.
Through the clubs of Vegas, the back alleys of Barcelona, and the bright lights of Shanghai, John chronicles his descent with dark, self skewering humor and unsparing honesty.
This is not just a story about how bad it gets, it’s also about what happens when you wake up and don’t die. This story follows John’s messy, nonlinear journey into recovery.
Ruthlessly funny, devastating, and ultimately hopeful, this is a story about addiction, fatherhood, moral injury, and the long, slow work of turning wreckage into something worth living for. For anyone who has ever wondered if they or someone they love is “too far gone,” this book is proof that as long as you’re still breathing, your story isn’t finished.
©2026 John Opalinski (P)2026 John Opalinski