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hrjs9223's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
ginger_curmudgeon's review against another edition
5.0
This book was amazing. Moore tackled his addiction recovery with a sense of humor like that of David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs.
embay15's review
3.0
I picked up this book because I was curious about the adventure to sobriety for a crystal meth addict. I wanted to read the embarrassing stories of highs, the sad stories that accompanied becoming sober and realizing the pain caused, the loss, heart ache, gains. I expected a powerful story about how Patrick Moore became sober.
That is not what I got. This book is almost a collection of short stories of this mans life. While the stories are entertaining - they are not a complete story. It gets confusing in between, caused by the gaps in his stories.
This is just not "the story of his 20 year journey through sobriety".
I also wish that Moore did not put the words "crystal meth" into the title. The story was more about his journey as an addict. The story of an addict who happened to be gay, would be more exact. More stories were focused on his sex life than his drug addiction.
Entertaining- but not what was advertised.
That is not what I got. This book is almost a collection of short stories of this mans life. While the stories are entertaining - they are not a complete story. It gets confusing in between, caused by the gaps in his stories.
This is just not "the story of his 20 year journey through sobriety".
I also wish that Moore did not put the words "crystal meth" into the title. The story was more about his journey as an addict. The story of an addict who happened to be gay, would be more exact. More stories were focused on his sex life than his drug addiction.
Entertaining- but not what was advertised.
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