Another memoir about harsh reality! Woot! Pill Head is very insightful, very objective, and a very interesting account of Lyon's pain killer addicted life. Pill Head adds more on that with other points of addicted teens/adults and builds from everypoint - to getting pills, and to groups on awareness. The story he tells is straightforward and depicts his troubled adolescence/mostly adulthood with his drug usage. It's not just about painkillers - it's a very harsh society depicted with controversial issues from HIV to homosexuality.