I received a copy of the book from Netgalley to review. Thank you for the opportunity.
A strange and quirky read which is quite divisive. 
An OK read.

Raw real a look at the life of an addict at his desperate life choices.His daughter is the moments of joy in his life.He shares his medical emergency his addiction rebounds.Written in a style that kept me reading kept me interested.The authors life is not always easy but he is definitely interesting.#netgalley #fsg

"Model Citizen" by Joshua Mohr is a memoir about his path from drug addict and alcoholic to sober father and writer, and often times back to where he started. Mohr writes with a certain lightness about all the time spent ravaging his body from the inside out, which is different from the morose tone used by other authors of books about addiction. He owns up to his past actions, at least those he can remember, and sheds light on his daily struggle to remain sober to those who may not be familiar with the constant pulls of addiction. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it!

I'd never heard of this author before but the cover of this drew my attention, as did the synopsis: a portrait of a recovering addict, who, after finally achieving sobriety, has a stroke aged 35.

I'm glad I took a chance on this, as it's a highly readable memoir about Mohr's addiction and road to recovery. The sections on his relationship with his daughter were some of the best parts in my view and I found the book hard to put down for the first two thirds or so.

Where this book is let down slightly is the lack of distance the author has from his own story and from his own addiction. While his battle with sobriety has been a long one, it has happened relatively recently, meaning there wasn't quite as much introspection as I was hoping for.