Lost in Ghost Town

I really enjoyed that there was a level of humanity to Carder even in the depths of his addiction he still had such strong love for the people close to him, addicts are often portrayed as hopelessly self-centered but here's this guy whose baseline appears to be not prone to love showing more care than a lot of people who being in a better position will profess their love with grandiose declarations. Long story short, the tone of this book made it easy to sympathize with the author since he came across as self-deprecating, unassuming, and generous.
That being said while on the individual level it's a hopeful story on the societal level it's rather bleak, the bad actors are still there at the end of the day, the misery is still there and it's not looking too hopeful, and while Carder made it out, did Jamal? Did someone else simply inherit his misery? I think it's important we don't lose sight of these questions even as we can appreciate a tale of redemption on the individual level. That being said I don't think it's necessarily the job of a personal memoir to answer to these social questions so I can't hold it against this book.