Bob Forrest

Running with Monsters is a quick read and if you're a fan of the LA music scene in the eighties and nineties there's plenty of name-dropping and funny stories to make things interesting. I always liked Thelonious Monster and thought they should've been more popular - now I know why things fell apart.

Mr. Forrest talks openly about his own addiction to drugs and alcohol, his 27 trips to rehab, getting clean, his feelings about the twelve steps, and various other topics. It was fun to read, but his descriptions of the period when he was an addict tend towards the people he hung out with and have that fuzzy haze of things half-remembered because you weren't really straight enough to get a real memory. There is much less about his own road to recovery, his philosophy about recovery, etc. I would've liked to hear more about that, honestly. I'd also like to hear more about the people he's helped. A fun read, but not nearly as memorable as it could have been.… (más)