Numb

At twenty-one, Stew Koch is a Hunter College dropout, the black-sheep brother of a Netflix child star, and quite possibly the only addict in New York City whose dealer is his freezer. After a night at Gapstow Lake that nearly ends everything, he's shipped off to Marshall Hall - the cheapest "rehab" in Manhattan, a gilded madhouse crammed into a Midtown apartment, complete with jello windows, a counselor who moralizes like a wannabe Mr.
Rogers, and a roommate who sleeps with an Elmo doll and greets him like a golden retriever on espresso. Stew's plan is simple: stay numb, trust no one, survive the twelve steps. The universe has other plans. There's David, the relentlessly cheerful sugar addict who decides Stew is his best friend whether Stew likes it or not. Gwen, the opioid-addicted punk queen with Jack White on her playlist and sarcasm to spare.
Mitch, the Star Wars-quoting ex-recruit with a secret soft heart. And Henri, who answers every crisis in untranslated French. When Stew convinces his band of misfits to break out of Marshall Hall for one night of freedom, five runaways in stolen UPS uniforms become the most wanted teens in New York - hiding out in drag at a Hell's Kitchen rooftop party, dodging wanted posters, and stumbling into an open mic on Christopher Street where Stew's past is waiting for him on stage with a guitar.
Equal parts One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a punk-rock Breakfast Club, NUMB is a darkly funny, brutally honest story about addiction, found family, and the terrifying risk of letting yourself feel again. Because numbness is easy. Living is the hard part. Dedicated to the victims of the opioid epidemic