Nicolas Sheff
Nicolas Sheff – Nicolas Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would smoke pot regularly, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to methamphetamines 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. Now in his early 20s, Sheff is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic who has written a memoir, Tweak, about his experience. He has also been published in Newsweek, Nerve, and the San Francisco Chronicle. In a voice that is raw and honest, he spares no detail in telling the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. He plunges into the mental and physical depths of drug addiction, painting a picture of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Its a harrowing portrait—but not one without hope. In an extraordinary turn of events his father, David Sheff, has also simultaneously written a New York Times best-selling memoir about their experience, Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Meth Addiction.
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Funny,? pretty sure the adage “Don’t judge a book…” holds true in this case in more ways than one.
Nic looks like he’s homeless -? not a beautiful boy. He’s a brat.
Why is? he insecure? Nigga cute!
I read Nic’s book when I was 13, he’s the reason I never have/never will take drugs. He’s honestly my? hero.
I read his book when i was in rehab for meth and its life changing!!! i? got my dad to read it and he now has a clearer view of how serious addiction is.
Nic slightly looks like? Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low…only a bit though ! 🙂 x
Every junkie like? the setting sun.
In his book, he always calls himself ugly. I thought that if someone on that many drugs could say that about themselves, it must be true, right? Why would they lie? They have nothing to lose. I was so wrong to believe that. He’s a beautiful person. He’s a great looking kid, but his beauty is not just skin deep. Although he was addicted to those drugs, he cares. He cares a lot. I love his book, and I think he? is such a wonderful person.
This guy was at my school? today
I LOVE NIC SHEFF? MORE THAN ANYTHING..AN HIS DAD IS A GREAT DAD <3333
david? is the chillest dad ever
That’s awesome, I sure hope so. Doesn he have any recent blogs that he’s following?? I mean, I know that he used to have one, but its shut down now
He’s been sober since? July.
i met him like? last spring, so its still possible you could meet him.
Dude is he still sober? Please tell me yes… I want for him to come out with another book, then go on a tour so I can meet him. He has to be… God, I hope he knows all his fans are rooting for him. Ugh?