A great journey and so harrowing. Ruby Wax A devastatingly honest, clear-sighted a vivid account of the author s relationship with her adored, alcoholic father and the fatal heroin overdose of her boyfriend when she was just twenty-four. At what point does passion cross the border into addiction? When do our relationships with alcohol, drugs, work, food, sex, shopping, exercise or love become too much? Following the fatal heroin overdose of her boyfriend when she was just twenty- four, Nicola spiraled into the depths of grief. Her way out from it was to examine, profoundly and meticulously, the mysterious forces of addiction and the emotional vulnerability from which they grow. In this laceratingly honest and clear-sighted memoir, Nicola takes us on a vivid journey through her heart and mind, and the development of her personal perspective on life. Tis story is one of the human condition of fear, and of the struggle to let go of yourself to achieve acceptance.