Cracked : Putting Broken Lives Together Again

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Summary: creepy
Review: It's a sort of interesting look into the thoughts and feelings of a doctor who treats drug addiction. It's kind of scary in that way. As Mr. Fishman notes in his review, the good doctor bravely admits, in an indirect way, how contemptuous he is towards his patients, getting aroused by his female patients and casually toying with the idea of snuffing the more troublesome ones. It's probably good that we know this about our medical professionals, but it certainly is disturbing knowledge, to say the least.

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Summary: ignorance is bliss?
Review: The author shows us addiction and recovery from a doctor's perspective. From reading this, I learned that doctors are people too. It was distrubing to read this doctor's thinly veiled description of his own erection while feeling up an attractive, female patient. Even more disturbing was the doctor's account of repeatedly switching a dying patient's life support machine on and off out of morbid curiosity. (I'm not making this up--it's in the book!)

Even after years of professional training, the instinct to pulls wings off a fly is still there. Glad I'm not sick.

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Summary: Strictly for Loveline Fans
Review: This book doesn't give you much info on drug addiction or the different types of drug treatment programs. It's just 288 pages of Drew's random opinions as he goes about his day dealing with f*cked-up patients. If you want to know more about Drew's personal life because you have no life of your own, you will like this book. If you are looking for more insight into drug addiction and treatment than you already get from the Loveline radio show, don't waste your money.