The Role Of Substance Abuse In Stephen King's Misery

Misery, the book that Stephen King is well known for contains a large amount of subliminal messages about King’s drug and alcohol abuse. King knew he had a problem with his abuse. He also knew that it effected him mentally and physically. He admitted this when he says “I wanted to gab them and hit them.” while referring to his children. He then says “Even though I didn’t do it, I felt guilty because of my brutal impulses.” He wasn’t proud of the thoughts he had and he knew that he would not be having those thoughts if he was not abusing the drugs. He made various references how he feels about his own problem in his book Misery like when he said “Misery is a book about cocaine. Annie Wilkes is cocain. She was my number-one fan.” If Annie Wilkes