Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As ...
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Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer in California to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. As we watch Nic plunge the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, he paints a picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. It's a harrowing portrait -- but not one without hope.
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Meth and heroine use gives one admission to the eleventh circle of Hell. Reading Nic's descent is horrifying. He WAS a spoiled little asshole, but he admits it. I lived in So and North Cal for five years and this book validates everything I hated about the narcissistic culture of Calfornia.
Sheff is a gifted writer. Phillip S. Hoffman was found dead last night with a needle still in his arm. Let us hope that Sheff's talent doesn't end the same way. He is sober now and all good wishes that he will remain that way. It's a good scathingly honest book containing absolutely no "Drink the Kool Aid" bull or justifications.
Crizelle N
Oct 15, 2010
great:)
the condition of the book was great. the description was really accurate, thank you!
