Did anyone else find this book a little misleading? It's supposed to be following eight addicts throughout the country, but it seems like it's more about addiction as a whole and the 12 step program. Denizet-Lewis spends just as much time discussing addiction and what experts are saying as he does with the people he's following.

I kind of expected a close look at the lives of the eight individuals, but it feels more like he checks in with them every six months and writes an update. I never felt like I got to know them or their lives or their addiction. And it was pretty telling that he had to start every chapter with their name and addiction to remind you. It was helpful, but I don't want to have to be reminded. I wanted to get to know this people and I didn't at all. There were just too many people and not enough time with any of them.

I honestly felt like the person and addiction I knew best was the author, and at that point I would have rather this just been a memoir. It didn't really work for me the way it was structured.

There were still a lot of interesting aspects. I did like seeing the different paths of their recoveries and relapses, and it was nice to see such a variety of addiction. It's just overall, it was kind of meh and didn't do much for me.