Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16

by Moshe Kasher

I hadn’t expected this. I’d been telling myself for years what every addict will identify as a familiar trope: “I could quit if I wanted to, I just don’t want to.” Then came the day that I wanted to. Then came the realization that I couldn’t. The moment you need control is the moment you realize you’ve lost it.