A review by laurenpedersen
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

2.0

Somewhere along the line I read an enticing review of this book and put it on my list to read. I do not understand mental illness well or the struggles with addiction to any substance. I finished the book because I kept expecting more but it just felt like a back an forth, before and after, sober and drunk again account not only of the author but myriads of other authors and poets I have never heard of. Probably wasn't a good choice for me; maybe its right up someone else's alley. Also, I think the author should have waited until she was well again to record the second half of this audiobook. Her voice changes and sounds like she's fighting a head cold partway through.