Lisa Crystal Carver's memoir Drugs Are Nice recalls her extraordinary youth in the late 80s and early 90s, covering her life from ages 18 to 32. Part adapted from the American writer's diaries, it details her role in shaping punk subculture and becoming a mother and an adult on her own terms as it chronicles the conception of her band, Suckdog, in 1987, leaving her hometown to tour Europe as a teenager, her troubled relationships, and her years as a sex worker. The revealing memoir also includes photos of Suckdog’s infamous European shows.