Cracked: Life on the Edge in a Rehab Clinic, A Doctor's Story

Drew Pinsky · Todd Gold

Oct 2009 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in his work. From the sexually compulsive model to the BMW-driving soccer mom, Cracked exposes, in fast-moving, powerful vignettes, the true scope and severity of addiction, a nationwide epidemic.

Ratings and reviews

Drew Pinsky writes about addiction like no one else. An extreme crash course for anyone just now wanting to know what its like to be an addict or to be around and addict that you love. This is a book I have read at least 30x . Please read this book on your own.. Then have your addicticed loved 1 read it on their own

Dr. Drew is (presumably) a skilled doctor. But he is an atrocious writer. Awkwardly arranged stories with dreadful dialogue and embarrassingly undeveloped exposition.

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About the author

One of the most listened-to doctors in America, Dr. Drew Pinsky is a practicing physician who is board certified in internal and addiction medicine. He is the executive producer and host of the hit VH1 reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House, and Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew. On radio he is the host of the nationally syndicated program Loveline. He is the author of Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again and When Painkillers Become Dangerous. Pinsky lives in Southern California with his wife, Susan, and their teenage triplets.