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The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (edition 2017)

by Nikki Sixx (Author)

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The co-founder of the rock band Mötley Crüe presents a candid account of his own descent into the hell of drug addiction, describing the impact of heroin on his life and the band.
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Title:The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
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Info:VH1 Books (2017), Edition: Anniversary, 512 pages
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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx

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My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

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Enjoy! ( )
  booklover3258 | Aug 6, 2023 |
This book is an actual diary of Nikki Sixx, the songwriter and band member of Motley Crue. The diary entries are for a single year in his life, a year where he basically was addicted to heroin and abusing cocaine and alcohol.

What I found to be quite interesting about this book is the format. The diary entries are interspersed with commentary from people who knew Sixx at the time - his mother, his bandmates, his manager, friends, etc. It also uses Sixx's lyrics to accentuate the messaging, and it is interesting to see how his lyrics mirror his life.

When taken holistically, the diary paints a picture of what can happen when a child who feels abandoned meets up with drugs and fame. Even without the drugs, Sixx would be an interesting character, but this books really feels honest and downright scary.

It's quite amazing that Motley Crue was successful given the absolutely disgusting and abhorrent behavior that went on (and I'm not that easily disgusted).

These diaries are very, very raw - - so you will not enjoy this book if you are squeamish. It's also punctuated with a lot of artwork and photos which I think Sixx actually did/pulled together, but which were extremely difficult to see on my Kindle. Not a great book for the Kindle actually - - I'm thinking that if you are a Kindle owner, it would be better to get this one in some other format.

All in all, I found these diaries pretty gripping, and I will say that they left enough unanswered questions for me that I have this strong desire to buy another book or two about the Crue (which I never listened to) and the band mates. Morbid curiosity on my part I guess!! ( )
  Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 |
Diary of a junkie... it got a bit repetitive but was still pretty interesting. ( )
  cziering | Nov 27, 2022 |
In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself.

When Mötley Crüe was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days -- sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers -- in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions.

Here, Nikki shares those diary entries -- some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre -- and reflects on that time. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more.
  petervanbeveren | Jul 20, 2022 |
Kirja oli edelleen hyvä, mutta... ainahan siinä on mutta. Kirja vaikutti jotenkin halvalla tehdyltä, jotkut sivut olivat perhanan hankalia lukea. Kenen älykäs idea oli laittaa harmaata tekstiä mustalle pohjalle fontilla, mitä hädin tuskin pystyy lukemaan?
Pidän Nikkistä, mutta herra vaikutti myös olevansa aika täynnä itseään niin vuonna 1987 kuin viime vuonnakin jolloin hän kirjoitti kuulumisiaan kirjan loppuun. Perkele kun alkoi risoa.

Siitä huolimatta kirja on kaikkien hyvä lukea, mutta lukekaa se aikaisempi versio. Jää viimeisimmät omahyväisyydet pois. Tai kukin tyylillään. Kaiken tämän jälkeenkin kirja ansaitsee mun listallani neljä tähteä viidestä. ( )
  AceVonS | Jul 14, 2022 |
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This book and journey is dedicated to all the alcoholics and drug addicts who have had the courage to face their demons and to pass on the message that there is hope and light at the end of the tunnel.
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addiction n. A compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its consequences.
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The co-founder of the rock band Mötley Crüe presents a candid account of his own descent into the hell of drug addiction, describing the impact of heroin on his life and the band.

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In the autobiography, Nikki Sixx describes his year on his beloved "junk," most commonly known as heroin, and other drugs. He starts out by writing in his diary only after he had a episode. Later, to become more in depth, he wrote while on his drug trip. He describes various hallucinations and delusions he suffered. He did not realize what drugs could really do to someone until he OD'd and literally died for a little bit. This is what opened his eyes and made him publish his diary.


While reading The Heroin Diaries, I learned how bad drugs can hit a person. I found it shocking how they can totally change a person. I also admired Nikki Sixx after reading this book. His journey through his drug addiction, I think, would inspire many addicts that it is possible to overcome an addiction no matter the circumstances. I would definitely recommend this to my peers.
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