A Million Little Pieces [Book thread]

[Del Lardo]

James Frey wakes up on a plane, with no memory of the preceding two weeks. His face is cut and his body is covered with bruises. He has no wallet and no idea of his destination. He has abused alcohol and every drug he can lay his hands on for a decade - and he is aged only twenty-three. What happens next is one of the most powerful and extreme, and honest, stories ever told. His family takes him to a rehabilitation centre. And James Frey starts his perilous journey back to the world of the drug and alcohol-free living. His lack of self-pity gives him an unflinching, often searing honesty. "A Million Little Pieces" is an uncommonly genuine account of a life destroyed and a life reconstructed. It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice.

I really don't want to give too much away but quite simply if you like reading then buy this book. It is a fantastically well written, honest and thought provoking look into the mind of an alcoholic and drug addict who has hit rock bottom in such a way that I doubt very few of us could even conceive let alone experience.

It’s the only book I’ve ever read that has brought a tear to my eye and for me his utter refusal to believe in the 12 Steps is very refreshing.

The way that the guy thinks really hits home for me as while I’m certainly not an alcoholic or a drug addict I do enjoy both substances often to excess and while I can’t even say “there for the grace of God” a lot of his thought processes ring true for me and it’s fascinating reading about a guy who has basically given up on life.