A Million Little Pieces Continued

I am continuing to read the book A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.  As I get more and more into the book I just want to keep on reading.  This is a story unlike any I have ever read before.  Books that have the main character tell the story always seem to somehow grab my attention more.  My last blog about this book left off with James' interesting trip to the dentist.  

As I read on in the book James tells about his experiences with all of the different people he meets in the rehab.  He does not like to talk much to people.  He thinks that if he doesn't get close to people then they wont miss him when he is gone.  James has continued to do very well his recovery.  By now his face with stitches and bruises is almost all the way healed.  He picked each stitch out one by

one in his bathroom.  The at one point constant vomiting has finally settled down.  He is finally beginning to get his life back on track.  

Depression is killing him just the same as his addiction.  He is planning to leave the rehab and find whatever drug he can and kill himself.  When he is told that with one more high or drink he would probably die this just fuels his addiction even more.  He needs to leave, and he needs to do it now.  James gives everything he borrowed back to its owner, and put a written note in the jacket that he had borrowed from his driver.  Right after he eats a good meal and sits through a lecture until it is time to go.  He walks straight out into the pouring rain, but someone stops him.  Another patient at the rehab follows behind him.  He threatens James not to leave because he really cares.  Unlike many selfish people there this man couldn't just let James go.  They made an agreement that he needs to stay another 24 hours.  So James walks back into the rehab, angry that he was not able to feed this addiction tonight.  

Later in the passage on visiting day three people came to see James, his brother and two friends.  He doesn't even remember the last time he talked to them, so them coming to visit him was a complete surprise.  They bring him gifts, essentials that he needs.  This included socks, underwear, and toiletries.  

All of this excitement brought great joy to James and got his mind off of the thoughts he had had about killing himself lately.  They all took a walk around the building, reminiscing on the night that James got so messed up that he almost died.  One of the friends that came to visit him was the one who put

him on the flight to his parents.  

This book is getting more and more exciting.  I'm putting the pieces together and piecing together the entire story of what happened to James.  Out of what I have read so far I would recommend this book to anyone!  It's a very informative and interesting book that I think anyone would enjoy. 

A Million Little Pieces

I just recently started to read the book A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.  So far I am really enjoying it. Many of my friends have read this book as well and I have only herd good things about it.  It is a novel about a man named James and how he goes through rehab for an alcohol and drug addiction.

The book starts out with James waking up in a plane on the way to Chicago.  He has no idea how he got there or why his body is all beaten up with bruises and cuts.  His front teeth were knocked out, and he was in so much pain that he could barely move.  When he gets off the plane he meets his parents who take him to a rehab for his addictions.  For over three years James has been addicted to crack, and for ten years he has been addicted to alcohol.

When he enters the rehab he is forced to quit every substance and detox.  This is painful for him and many times he gets sick to the point where there is nothing left in his body.  Reading this book helped me to understand really how painful it is for people to get off drugs that they are addicted to.  James gives very description visuals that really make you feel the pain he is going through.

James meets many people in the clinic, some nice, and some not so much.  He is given a room to stay in with three other room mates who are a lot similar to him, suffering from addiction.  In the clinic the men are not allowed to talk to the girls or they will be kicked out.  That is one of the many rules they enforce there.  Because James' mouth is so messed up he is sent to the dentist to get it fixed up, along with a series of root canals.  They describe the pain to be the worst pain he will ever feel in his life.  This is because he is not allowed to be given anesthesia or any other pain killers.  I cannot imagine having to deal with a root canal without anything to make the pain less.

This is where I have last left off in the book.  I'm excited to continue reading and see how James does with the rest of his recovery.