"An Officer and a Junkie" - Rock Bottom

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Whereas Jim Carrolls The Basketball Diaries painted a chilling picture of a drug addicts world, An Officer and a Junkie crosses all boundaries. It is the memoir of Michael Winder, a West Point cadet who took so many mind-altering substances that he came to believe he was Frida Kahlo. Winder tells his story chronologically, weaving from month to month across the four basic stages of the substance abuse and recovery cycle (use, abuse, rehabilitation, relapse), as it narrates his disastrous foray into drug and alcohol abuse.