Beautiful Boy: A Heartbreaking Memoir of a Father's Struggle with His Son's Addiction and the Journey to Recovery

by David Sheff

“Hello, may I please speak to Mr. Kaholic, first name Al?” “Sure, kid.” To the crowd: “Is there an Al Kaholic here?”

Close your eyes Have no fears The monster’s gone He’s on the run and your daddy’s here

Will you check on me every fifteen minutes?

“I hope right you are.” A fucking break give me.’ ”

And yet every time I think I can’t take any more, I do.

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

I know what it is I feel. Everything.