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The Night of the Gun

a Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life, His Own
Oct 17, 2013annanina rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read this book recently, after listening to an interview with the author on a CBC program. In the interview he impressed me as someone who decided to learn the truth and then to tell all of it, in all its ugliness, without softening and omitting the most painful facts. I loved the book. It is easy to read because it cuts to the chase, but it is not an easy reading for anybody who is or was addicted. It probably will be especially painful to read for people whose loved ones were or are afflicted with this horrible, pretty much fatal disease (count me here). Addiction is a tragedy not only for the addicted person but also for everybody around him/her. When the addiction takes over, the person refuses to accept help, and that hurts the people who desperately try to provide it. I recommend this book because it describes in every detail what happens mentally to an addicted person. It is not "yesterday I was an addict but today I'm clean and sober" simplified presentation, life is much more complicated than that.