At just 18 years old, Françoise Sagan wrote the scandalous novel 'Bonjour tristesse,' capturing everyone's attention. Three years after this bestseller, she suffers a devastating car accident that puts her life in jeopardy. Miraculously, she survives, but the weeks of treatment with the painkiller Palfium 875 drastically and suddenly change her life once again. In a psychiatric clinic, Sagan begins a detox program. The diary entries from this time are collected in this volume. Honest, harsh, painful, yet also humorous, she describes her journey from hell back to everyday life.