Josh Lyon is a former abuser of prescription medication. His pill popping began in the early 2000s‚ during the glory days of internet pharmacies. All he had to do was Google "Buy Vicodin" or whatever else he was in the mood for‚ increase his credit card debt‚ and the next day he'd have a Fed-Ex package of anything he wanted delivered to his home or office. This is his story. The riveting account of Josh's personal struggle with pills‚ Pill Head is intimate‚ smart‚ and above all‚ honest. And it's gripping. Josh shows in rich‚ immediate detail the tension between addiction and resolve. It's one thing to want to give up an addiction to pain killers. It's quite another to succeed.
Pill Head brings together the journalist's eye and the addict's mind as Josh places his personal story within a larger contemporary context. This daring expose details not just the author's own addiction to prescription meds‚ it explores the issue at large through a handful of subjects who are using or have used prescription painkillers--particularly narcotics--recreationally. The book contains material resulting from the author's interviews with relevant experts‚ such as physicians‚ police officers‚ social workers‚ etc.. This ground-breaking hybrid marries memoir with investigative reporting to fashion a narrative that's intelligent‚ engaging‚ and relevant.
