Dopesick is a must-read book for everyone. The opioid epidemic has been making news headlines for the past few years in America, but nothing compares to reading this close up account of the detrimental impact it has been having on rural US communities for decades.

A roller coaster of emotion, Dopesick had me rooting for addicts to find a path to remission, while feeling heartbreak as person after person was claimed by the disease. Above all else, this book truly illustrates how addiction is a disease. I was infuriated reading about how doctors and Purdue Pharma influenced the epidemic and wanted to take little responsibility after the carnage was laid out in front of them. While there is still so far to go before the epidemic is under control, Macy gave me hope that there are possible paths to recovery for addicts and they are, albeit slowly, being adopted in the communities that need them the most. I received an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.