Brown's third memoir, "Apology to the Young Addict" (Counterpoint Books, 2020), is the last of a trilogy. His publisher describes it as follows: "Now sixty ― with years of sobriety under his belt―and the father of three sons, James Brown writes about finding a new path in life, making peace with the family whose ghosts have haunted him, and helping the next generation of addicts overcome their disease. Opening with the tragic tale of an elderly couple consumed by opioid addiction and moving through the horrors of a Las Vegas massacre, these essays draw on Brown’s personal journey of recovery to illustrate how an individual life, in all its messiness and charm, can offer a blueprint for healing. Evocative and hopeful, "Apology to the Young Addict" is a reinvention of the recovery memoir and a lasting testimony from a master writing at his peak." Author Jerry Stahl ("Permanent Midnight") states: "James Brown’s "Apology to the Young Addict" does not just breathe new life into addiction writing, it does so with enough grace, heart, and grab-you-by-the-throat style to transcend the genre and qualify as genuine literature. These beautiful essays will serve as balm for survivors of the opioid crisis, those still struggling to make it out, and pretty much anyone else trying to stay sane in these insane times. Prose-wise―with all due respect to his late namesake―James Brown has earned his title as the Godfather of Junkie Soul."