I was enlightened by this book. I am an addictions counsellor and nobody had told me the pain and suffering benzodiazepines could cause, while using them and while withdrawing from them. I was able to pass the information along to a client who had been combining alcohol and a benzo prescription and behaving very unusually. Normally a mild-mannered man, he was charged with assault on a police officer. This book was an eye-opener, the public needs to be told! Joan's book helped me professionally and personally. You won't put it down and you won't be the same after you read it.