17 Heart-Wrenching Memoirs About Addiction

Lit came as a recommendation from Girl Walks Out of a Bar author Lisa Smith. Following Karr's 1995 New York Times bestseller The Liars' Club and her 2000 memoir Cherry, her journey of alcoholism and recovery comes full circle in her 2009 memoir Lit. While her first two books detailed Karr's troubled childhood and early adulthood, Lit truly takes you inside the mind of an addict in an incredibly well-written and riveting way. She faces the tumultuous relationships of her past and, in turn, finds solace in religion. — PK