Crash and Burn by Artie LangeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Addicts are not weak, slithering reptiles from another planet. An addict is a person just like everyone else. To all those who sit in smug superiority as being 'stronger than that', it is important to realise the micron-wide cracks of life that can guide people towards painful paths. Lange's book is not funny in any way, but stark and well-meaning. It is a sobering read, probably more interesting for those familiar with Lange on the Howard Stern show, but interesting nonetheless. Artie is a comic, and quite funny, but he is right in that there is nothing attractive, funny, charming or cool about the path he took and was lucky to extract himself from, for now.
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