The Book of Drugs: A Memoir

Good read, of interest if you want an honest book written by a nerdy arty former addict rock star. Or are particularly interested in Mike Doughty and Soul Coughing. It's not a very well structured book; each paragraph is clear and coherent but the only overall narrative is the author's life itself. Some of the anecdotes were uninteresting to me but the middle part as his band gets successful and he stats fucking up with drugs, that part was really compelling and great. All written with a clear honesty. I particularly like that I finished the book having some negative judgments about parts of the way he describes his life, but also admiring his honesty and being able to clean up. I read this because I myself am a fan of Doughty, so that was enough for me, but I got more out of the book than just a memoir from someone whose music I like.