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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Random question but given how long he was on drugs and to what extent, how did he even pull together this memoir? Not about the writing/crafting the story but how does he even have the info to include? Was he writing in journals? [/quote]

Usually celebs who write memoirs like this have a lot of support from the publisher - ghost writer, heavy editing, etc. They know it's going to do well so can front the up front investment. [/quote]

Yeah, I get that, but who even has these details? Like his team is going off or medical and rehab records, triangulated with gossip rags? Just seems like he would be missing very large parts of his life and even in those cases, is a very unreliable narrator. [/quote]

All of the above. They would interview anyone he could give consent for and access whatever documents they could and then use those to ask him questions. He could still talk about a lot of things. While some aspects can be a blur, he likely still remembers more or less what he did and how he felt during those times and other people fill in the details . confirm facts. He wouldn't have actually written a word. They likely did lots of interviews with him using all the material they could find and then someone writes it all up into a book.[/quote]

Also, it's not like he was a in a 30 year haze. He clearly had period where he was lucid enough to work.

One of my favorite memoirs is called Girl Walks Out of a Bar and is about this very high functioning addict who was a successful lawyer for YEARS. She drank up a storm but was able to piece together enough hours during the day to get high quality work done. The last few years, she mainly worked remotely but when she had to go in for meetings, she would do cocaine as that would get her up and functioning/on.

The book was fascinating but she clearly was able to function for those years in some capacity. There are a lot of high functioning addicts among us.

My father's best friend would for years start drinking on Thursday nights....but be able to show up to work his exec level job on Fridays, and continue drinking through the day - go on a full bender through the weekend, and function okay Monday through Thursday to work.

Nicest guy - but yes several divorces, and he died of liver cancer in his mid 60s. But actually had a fairly successful exec career for several years even with the drinking.[/quote]

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