Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff & Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
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Together, these books tell the gripping and emotional tale of Nic Sheff’s decent into drug addiction and the impact his addiction has on the entire Sheff family. While both books artfully chronicle Nic’s drug addiction and the ups and downs of addiction and recovery, each book is told from the author’s own point of view and personal experience.
BEAUTIFUL BOY: A FATHERS JOURNEY THROUGH HIS SONS ADDICTION
From the parental perspective, David Sheff masterfully provides insight as to what it was like for him to helplessly watch his son fall into the grips of drug addiction. The author details the nights he lay awake wondering if his son was alive and days of driving through the streets of San Francisco looking for his son. As a reader you begin to understand that as a father David Sheff must learn to seperate his son from his addiction and you absolutely feel the love he has for his son, despite his addictions. Ultimately, this book is an amazing and engaging tale of the struggles many parents face in our society as they lose their kids to drug addiction. Beautiful Boy was written as a result of a New Yorks Times Magazine article that David Sheff wrote about his sons addiction and the impact on the family. After the article appeared, the author was inundated with questions and comments from readers. Expanding on the magazine article David Sheff then wrote this New York Times Best Seller book.
TWEAK: GROWING UP ON METHAMPHETAMINES
From the addicts perspective, David’s son, Nic honestly and heartbreakingly describes his addictions and struggles for recovery. I read this book immediately after Beautiful Boy. As a reader, I found it very enlightening to read about the exact same person’s drug addiction, but this time from the addict himself. Nic describes how he turned to drugs as an escape as a teenager and quickly found himself neglecting all of the activities and people in his life. Just as I could empathize with a father’s struggle with his son’s addiction, I found myself caring deeply about Nic and rooting for him to overcome this addiction that has taken so much of his life.