A Million Little Pieces Themes

You can't have a story about abuse and rehab without having something to abuse and get rehabilitated from. What would Trainspotting be without heroin? Or Requiem for a Dream without diet pills and...

Yes, we're breaking out the big T-word in relation to A Million Little Pieces. Even if you've never read the book, you probably know that James Frey's idea of the truth regarding the events in this...

Cookies and milk. Peanut butter and pickles. Drug abuse and criminal activity. These things all go together like, well, peas and carrots. Heroin-laced peas and cocaine-dusted carrots, that is. I...

Drug use might look like fun when Lena Dunham does it, but take it from Hannah Horvath: once the high wears off, it's just not that fun anymore. If you've ever seen a drug abuse movie or (ahem) mem...

Rehabs are supposed to be peaceful and tranquil. Look one up online, and you'll probably find a place where it's supposed to be springtime all the time, where all the facilities are bathed in the p...

Every organization has its rules. You don't run in the halls at school. You don't talk in the elevator if you work at Goldman Sachs. And if you're in rehab, well, there's a whole long list of thing...

Most people who turn to drugs do so to fill some sort of hole in their life. Perhaps they're not satisfied with their jobs or their relationships, or perhaps they just really hated the finale of Tr...

"Let Go and Let God." "But For the Grace of God." "Much done with LOLcat."All of these phrases are inspirational in their own way. Two of them come from AA, which has deeply Christian roots, and th...