"The Weight of Air" is a profoundly authentic memoir by David Poses, depicting his harrowing journey through the depths of mental illness and heroin addiction. Rejecting the conventional wisdom of addiction treatment, David explores his struggle with a dual diagnosis, demonstrating how the traditional recovery emphasis on addiction alone often overlooks underlying mental health issues. From desolate relapses to his eventual embrace of evidence-based treatment, this memoir is a raw, honest look at the failures of the standard approaches to addiction and how David ultimately found a path to a flourishing life.