In 2006, Ryan Dusick’s world came crashing down when he learned that the band that he had helped create and worked with for 12 years at that point was kicking him out.
Dusick, a founding member and former drummer of Maroon 5 (formerly Kara’s Flowers), recounts that day in detail in his memoir Harder to Breathe: a Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All and Finding Recovery.
Much like the title, Dusick also recounts everything that led up to his exit, the subsequent addiction struggles and how he found purpose in his work as a therapist and sharing his story in hopes of healing others.