... propulsive, poetic ... Bond narrates her experience in harrowing detail, determined to speak for 'others like me slipping into the dark' of addiction to prescribed drugs ... It is a comfort to realize from the memoir's opening that Bond has survived. This doesn't ameliorate the horror of her story, told with a journalist's commitment to fact and a poet's touch.
This is an engaging testament to the powers of self-advocacy and resilience written with lyrical clarity and heart ... This cautionary tale will help many understand how prescription drug dependency can happen and the strength and courage required to overcome it. Highly recommended.
Raw and captivating ... Pairing her unsparing candor with the same deep compassion she finds in the physician who helped her level out, Bond’s narrative casts a burning light onto the hazards of overprescribing and the threat it poses to vulnerable people. This cautionary tale stuns.
