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One half of the motel room is like a crime scene, wrapped in plastic. The other half is splattered with a fine spray of droplets. From my vantage point on the makeup stool I can see two tanning tents, like the pods in The Fly; a naked man in each. I’m next.
When Jenny Valentish wrote a memoir about addiction in 2017, she noticed that people who treated drug-taking like an Olympic sport would often hurl themselves into a pursuit like marathon running upon giving up. What stayed constant was the need to push their boundaries.
Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way. Her travels around Australia take her to treatment facilities and AA groups. Mining the expertise of 30 leading researchers, she explores the early predictors of addiction, such as childhood trauma and temperament, and teenage impulsivity.
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