Permanent Midnight 1998

In the 1980s, Jerry Stahl was young, hip, and a successful Hollywood writer raking in money writing for the hit television shows, thirtysomehing, Moonlighting, and Alf. He was also a heroin addict. In this powerful, graphic, and witty memoir, Stahl lays bare his soul, detailing his sordid fall into addiction and his miraculous climb back to sanity.