For Anna Young, stabbing at her veins with a needle was a normal part of life. It's what she had wanted since she learned in seventh grade that her idols were heroin addicts. She strived to become a junkie and was successful. In "I Hate Myself and Want to Die, " Young recounts her struggles with drugs, suicide, and bipolar disorder. Honest and self-disclosing, Young narrates the intimate details of her drug use and the path to addiction, her time spent in jail and detox, the ravages of withdrawal, her efforts to rehabilitate, her unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide, and her diagnosis with...