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I just finished listening to David Carr's "The Night of the Gun". I didn't know who he was before the book and it actually captured my attention because I thought it was a Caleb Carr book (doh). When I read the blurb on it I decided to buy it anyway. I found it to be a very brave story about his addictions and mistakes. He starts our relating his story about the night of the gun and how he spoke to his friend about it and realized that his memory was wrong. He actually did video taped interviews with family and friends and asked them about his past life and then wrote the story as an investigative reporter on his own life. Most of it is dark and difficult to listen to but I'm glad I listened to it. We've all been touched by some form of addiction either personally or through family and friends. It helped me to understand it better and I feel very lucky that my worst addictions are coffee, ebooks and World of Warcraft.
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