Book review: False dawns and incremental gains of a writer’s slow recovery through drugs

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Book review: False dawns and incremental gains of a writer’s slow recovery through drugs

PE Moskowitz: Makes cogent points about America’s vexed relationship with narcotics. Picture: Dia Dipasupil/ Getty

Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 - 01:00
Paul Whitington

  • Breaking Awake: My Search for a New Life Through Drugs 
  • PE Moskowitz 
  • Bloomsbury, £9.89 

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