Outside Reading Assignment Blog #3

The third part of the book really focuses on the psychological stress that patients deal with in rehab. Roy, a patient who gave Frey problems in rehab, was released from the facility a few months before he had a major incident. One night he came back to the rehab facility a completely different person. He was claiming that he was man named Jack and he was destroying everything that he saw. He was diagnosed with a personality disorder and the stress was shown to be caused from the facility. Frey is trying to tell people to keep faith when dealing with rehab. Staying away from using is almost as important is staying mentally capable. This is why I think some people, including Roy, are incurable. This is a problem that the center that Frey was at has to deal with all the time. Frey also talks about what possibly led him to the traps of alcoholism and drug addiction. He finally opens out about a girl who he loved who was killed while he was in high school. She was killed when he dropped her off so she could go out with a star football player. The football player ended up drinking and trying to beat a train. The train ended up killing the only girl that Frey has ever loved. Frey was blamed for the whole thing because the town didn't want to blame the football player. Frey blames himself and hears her voice. She was the voice of reason to him and since she left Frey became a heavy user. Frey's message, once again, is to stay close to the ones you love and not overreact to the things that happen. Frey stresses the importance of having control of your own life. He is trying to convey that, so you don't end up like him, you stay true to the person that you are. Not a person that someone else wants you to be. He talks about how love really influenced his choices in drug addiction. Losing his virginity to a hooker and losing the only girl he ever loved started the spiral to addiction in Frey's life. he stresses the importance of not making these little mistakes that may end up leading to drug addictions.
-Igor