A 2005 selection for Oprahs Book Club, this addiction memoir opens with the authors awakening on an airplane with a broken nose, a hole in his cheek, and four missing teeth--and no knowledge of how he received those injuries or, indeed, of how he got on the plane or where hes going. James Frey writes candidly about his monumental problems with drugs and alcohol, his terrifying experiences, and his relationships with the fellow-addicts he encountered over six weeks of detox at a Minnesota clinic. One of his themes is a refusal to believe in the higher power that so many recovery programs advocate.