Joshua Lyon

Joshua Lyon is the author of Pill Head: The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict (Hyperion). He has worked at Interview, Conde Nast Traveler, V Life and Jane. Additional writing has appeared in Nylon, New York, and Vice.

Confessions of a Pill Head

Joshua Lyon thought writing a memoir about his addiction was going to help cure him. Instead, it sent him running back to the prescription drugs he craved.

Joshua Lyon | Published Jul 10, 2009