false 657371 8 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. 643459 19 2 2007 Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines total:2263|5:480|4:844|3:648|2:219|1:72| 2263 8230 3960 699 4 8 true false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 09:05:30 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 07:07:06 -0700 2008 Tweak/Beautiful Boy through the provocative NY Times book review a few months ago. The idea of having such a harrowing story told from two opposite perspectives really piqued my interest.

Tweak is nothing if not engaging. That being said, I find the writing to be sub-par, a...more...]]> 1 6 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 07:04:48 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 11:03:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon May 12 21:46:38 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 21:46:53 -0700 2008
Methamphetamine use, commonly known on the street as crystal, tweak, the New Prozac, and crank, has become a growing problem in the U.S. in the last several years. From what I have read, there is no worse drug addiction than crystal meth...more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 18:04:26 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 13:56:03 -0700 2008 This book is heavy emotionally. Everything from details on cooking meth to abcsessed arms the size of baseballs are included. Along th...more...]]> 1 5 false false Thu May 29 17:20:44 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 07:03:25 -0700 2008
Just about every drug addict I know (and I know quite a few because I work at a homeless shelter) thinks s/he has a great story to tell - sorry to say, bud, they're pretty much all the same story.

Boring, self-absorbed. Yeah, that pretty mu...more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 14:08:50 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 13:31:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 22:31:46 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 07:01:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Apr 21 18:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 20:31:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 15:31:48 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 17:28:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 09:53:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 09:19:55 -0700 2008 Beautiful Boy from the son’s perspective. He is not the writer that his father is, but hearing his voice, so clearly the voice of a damaged soul, and also possibly a narcissist, fills out the picture. In its own way, this book was hard to put down, despite its sh...more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 05:20:02 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 05:32:26 -0700 2009
It's hard to say if it is by desi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Apr 21 18:30:07 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 17:04:42 -0700 2009 about drugs is sort of tota...more...]]> 4 1 false true Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:52:15 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:04:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 10:51:53 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 11:44:48 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 06:41:31 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 06:41:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 18:18:07 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 22:47:41 -0700 2008 1 Tweak is a tale of addiction describing the experiences of Nic Sheff, who was for many years addicted to various drugs (meth and heroin to begin with, later coke and various prescription medications). This book was actually written in response to a book by David Sheff called Beautiful Boy, about the...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 04:19:43 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 11:35:39 -0700 2008
Meth is something that is so prevalent in our society, but a drug that I know very little about. This book taught me a lot about how it feels to take...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 09:40:12 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 07:34:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 13:58:36 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 14:11:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 16:43:55 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 14:07:23 -0700 2008 more...]]>