This is my daughters book and being as she told me she didn't enjoy it that much I was almost scared to begin reading it. Glad I did though, I found it brutally honest and as an addict myself (not pills) I found it hit very close to home for me in the whys? of why addicts use. It started off strong but then bogged down which really depressed me but I continued on and it picked right back up and never let go. I felt a close connection to Joshua while reading this book and always count myself lucky to feel such when reading a memoir since it usually signals to me that I'm actually finding out something about myself. Glad I took a chance on reading it.