The Addict

“A gripping, illuminating book . . . Dr. Stein is drawn, in an almost Sherlock Holmesian way, toward trying to fathom and analyze addicts’ behavior. . . . hauntingly and successfully, Stein lets readers make a doctor’s experiences their own.” —* New York Times*

“Beautifully told… [with] great insight, empathy and compassion.” — Abraham Verghese, author of The *Tennis Partner, My Own Country,* and *Cutting for Stone*

*The Addict* is the powerful and revealing narrative of Dr. Michael Stein’s year-long treatment of a young woman addicted to Vicodin. Dr. Stein has followed up his award winning book *The Lonely Patient* with “a useful, sensible, and often inspiring guide to how the medical profession does—and should—treat the sick, and the sick at heart.” (Francine Prose, *O magazine*)