Here, the musical force behind Alice in Chains shows us his inner demons--alcohol, drugs, family, fame--and the damage they've done. Here, Jerry Cantrell tells us: "This is what I've done, what I am, why I'm the worse because of it." Yet through the darkness of the album the listener is paradoxically elevated. In short, we share in his pain and simultaneously rise above it.Bottom line: I would give this eight stars if I could...