Rehab Lit: David Carr Sorting Through 30 Hours Of Video, 40 Hours Of Audio For Addiction Memoir

Number one, of course, would be admitting you are writing a memoir about drug and alcohol addiction. Number two: Reporting. “I have hours and hours of tape I have to go through,” the New York Times David Carr told us at Tom Freston‘s house Saturday during a party hosted by the ex-Viacom CEO for Arianna Huffington‘s On Becoming Fearless. Makes sense. It would be hard for one to recollect his or her addiction years; it’s almost like researching a biography — someone else’s.

Carr,