If you have ever wondered what it's like living life on the edge while juggling a rock star lifestyle, insane amounts of drug use, absurd amounts of sex and having unlimited resources, then read this book ! Steve Adler goes into graphic detail about his life from beginning to end. He starts out as a young child and explains what it was like living with his stepdad, being bad in school and then having a mother who seemed to either care too much or not at all (I was confused about her at times) that sent him back and forth from their house to his grandmother's house. I guess it's a good thing she did do that, because that is where he met Slash, during time spent with his granny in L.A.He then gets into detail about how Slash and him met, how the band jammed a few times, but never went anywhere until a few years later when they all took a road trip that secured their bond. He then gets into the politics of the business, the one sidedness of Axl Rose and how I think he still has a huge problem with the guy. He tells you about the "being released" from G-N-R, his decline into oblivion and what it was like having his family try to rescue him numerous times, only to tell them to piss off.I like how he takes you from point A to B to C in great detail. He is very detailed and I must admit, for doing so many drugs, he still has a great memory. He doesn't bounce the time-line around at all, unlike Slash did in his book, Slash was all over the place. Slash would talk about things that happened when he was 13, then when he was 24, then go back to age 15, ugh...That got old. Not with this book, Steven stays on point. I feel sorry for what happened to the guy, I really do. But part of me thinks that he left out a big side of what the band members went through with him. Granted, he admits mistakes in the book, but not....full responsibility.The only part of the book I thought could've been better was maybe having other people's sides of the story brought out a bit better, because he really did just tell his side of the story a lot and we all know how that goes, "he is right, they were wrong and they had no reason to do what they did", right? He is a great story teller, though. He had me laughing, he had me sad and he had me pissed off. The life of a rockstar is a great, but very dangerous one. As a musician, I really envy the guys who live this life, but there is also a part of me that thanks God or whatever is in charge of us for not giving me that lifestyle, because I know how I am personally and maybe I would've turned out like Steven.The book is a great book, I couldn't put it down and if I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about the most recent chapters I had read all day long. It sucks you in and it's a page turner. Excess is definitely the word to describe this crazy bastard, but so is, kind, loving, genuine and warmhearted.Get this book, you won't regret it.