This book will make you look at your life differently, and show you how even in the worst situations, you can turn yourself around. Recommended to anyone, really. Well written and edited. I loved it, and wished it didn't end so soon :) ( )

Reading this book is about as close as you can come to a drug addiction without actually having walked that path. The book itself is addicting and very, very dark. Nikki Sixx and Motley Crue are some of the most notorious rockers of all time and they paid the price dearly. At the height of their fame in the mid-late eighties, Nikki Sixx was suffering from a debilitating addiction to cocaine and heroin, complete with paranoia and hallucinations. It occurred to him at the time, to keep a diary of his battles with his addiction. This book offers a uniquely honest look into the mind of an addict to a degree that can never be accomplished in a retrospective memoir. What Nikki has been through is shocking and it is even more shocking that's he's come out the other side and is still rocking. ( )

i thought this book was great. i think that it was amazing because nikki wasn't afraid to tell his story. i think that this book does a great job at explaining the hell that he was going through and he can be an inspiration to others. this book has a strong message ans some of the images that it gives you may be disturbing but he hides nothing. its great hearing one of the people that you admire went through this and acually hearing thier story and knowing that they are clean now and that its possible. all of his personal stories were great some made me laugh. and not only is there the personal stories from him but there are other peoples opinions of him and what they thought of him. ( )

LOVED IT!!!! This book was ever amazing. I loved the everything from the format of the book to the actual text. You can have mommy and daddy tell you "dont do drugs, itll mess your life up" all you want but you can see in this book what really happens when you play with drugs, unfortunately for Jim Morrison he didnt live to tell his tale and fend off his addiction but nikki did, and then was coourageous enough to tell the world, "yes i fucked up, and this is what happened, but i fixed it, it CAN be done" this book i think would be an inspiration to junkies everywhere i think. It gives hope not just on drugs but on anything, because if you can make it through that you can make it through anything. ( )

When I bought this book, I expected many things. The grunge of the world it's told from, and a more honest approach to drug usage and the negative effects of it were things I expected. I did not, however expect to find this world so depressing. The perpetual dejection of such a glamorous individual came as a shock. I didn't expect his world to be pretty, but I also did not expect it to be as dark as it was. The brutal honesty of all of it, many individuals straight up calling him a control freak, or an asshole, in his own book. But the part I loved the most was that it more or less had a happy ending. He relapsed, but is currently clean. He more or less came to forgive his mother. He seems to have becom a better person. ( )

A great book about the struggles Nikki sixx goes through in his life. From accidently killing a friend when drunk to trying to pay the bills, and being rich now. Its amazing and shows people how not glamorous lifestyles of the rich and famous are. ( )

This book is great. You really get a look into nikkis life and the struggle that he went through. This book i think can be an inspiration to some but, just a great book to read for others. This book has really surprising scenes, and there are some things that nikki does that you wouldn't believe. so if you haven't read it i would recommend reading. ( )

It was like watching a car crash in slow motion. A car crash I've watch a lot of other young musicians do in Hollywood. They were not as famous, and a few of them are dead. Reading the book did make me chuckle in one place: When Nikki describes his theory of bathing, I was reminded of an exchange in a club: "Did a skunk just get in?" "Nah, Nikki just arrived." My world was on the periphery of his. We never met, but we both saw the mayhem and darkness of those days. Glad he made it out and hope the proceeds from the book saves a few kids along the way. ( )

Wow, I couln't put this book down. I had no idea he suffered that much. ( )

A thoroughly depressing spiral into the underbelly of addiction. The Heroin Diaries is a shocking, disturbing, and painfully realistic look at substance abuse not to be read by the faint hearted. This reader could only handle small portions at a time. Well worth the read in content alone. ( )

Not a bad book, harrowing at times. I like these cautionary memoirs/biographies--these guys have lived fast, intense lives and those lives are fascinating to read about. Sixx managed to come out the other side of heroin addiction, where so many others have not. Worthwhile reading. ( )

This was an incredibly, surprisingly, astoundingly good book.

The Heroin Diaries has not only introduced me to the actuality of Nikki Sixx, of whom I had been completely unaware of prior to the existence of this book (I was never a Mötley Crüe fan), it’s also started a new and deep interest in 80s metal bands and has entirely broadened my concept of depression. It’s, it’s, it’s…. I must own this book.

I had found out about it through the radio, actually. Sixx put out a soundtrack companion album to the book shortly before the book was published, and the first single started getting some play time. I really liked the song, and I only had to catch it a couple of times before making the effort to google it and see if I liked the other songs on the CD. I found that Sixx had written a book. This was even better. (The CD was very good, too. I also must own this CD.)

The Heroin Diaries encapsulates a single year in Sixx’s life, specifically the year he reached rock bottom with his heroin use, as taken from his apparently extensive diary collection. It runs from entries dated Christmas Day, 1986, through Christmas Day, 1987; and covers events on touring, near death experiences, family and relationship drama, and several efforts to get clean; and also his interests in music and books. It basically amounts to a retrospective of what Sixx considers his most pivotal year.

I was entirely unprepared to see the amount of effort that went into creating this memoir. Not only do Sixx's diaries appear in print, but also corresponding perspectives from Sixx's friends and family. Sixx (or more likely, Gittins) took the effort to contact people he knew during that time period, show them the diaries, and ask if they would write their memories of the events on paper. The book was also packed with artwork and graphic designs on nearly every page, from photographs from that year, to sketches and artwork, to contrasting font colors and backgrounds.

This was, however, a very intense read; many times I had to stop reading after only a few entries and let the book rest for an hour or a night before starting it up again. My normal reading experience with just about any genre of literature is that I tend to devour a book in one sitting, or at least within a matter of hours. This one took me days. Halfway through it, I got the itch to start writing notes on the margins, which I couldn’t possibly do because the copy I was reading was a library book, and I probably wouldn’t anyway, for fear of obscuring the graphics. I made due with sticky notes flagging the particular pages that caught my eye. I had to go back to the beginning and speed read the first half again to make sure I found all of those particular pages. By the time I had finished, the right edging of the book was solid yellow. I must own this book.

I would highly recommend The Heroin Diaries to just about anyone for any reason. If you have even a passing interest in music, creativity, drug use, or depression, this is a book you should look in to.

I have no idea if Sixx is planning on publishing any other volumes of his diaries (I would certainly read them), but he has made some entries of his current volume available for public view. You can visit his online diary at his official webpage: http://www.nikkisixx.net/ ( )

I just finished reading this book a few weeks ago. It was amazing. I couldn't stop reading it. Right after finishing this book I read The Dirt which was equally as good. ( )

This is a classic rock tome - an accompaniment to the Motley Crue autobiography 'The Dirt'. It comprises the diary entries of a year in the life of Nikki Sixx, chronicling his descent into the throes of drug addiction whilst The Crue follow a brutal tour schedule supporting 'Girls, Girls, Girls'.

The diary entries are a brutal portrayal of the wreck Nikki Sixx was during this time. What stands out amidst the carnage of a serious substance abuse issue is the loneliness of someone who, to all intents and purposes, appears to be at the height of his fame and popularity - what wasn't apparent to the coterie that surrounded him at this time was that he was spiralling towards a personal nadir, in contrast with the public high. For the honesty with which they describe Sixx's state of mind at the time, the diary alone is interesting, but for me, what really makes this book is the peronal retrospectives appended to each entry by many of the protagonists. It's this present day perspective that lends depth to the exercise and makes it more than just a depressing catalogue of drug-fuelled excesses.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the book, when taken in the context of what has gone before, is the final chapter where Nikki Sixx brings his 'life since then' up-to-date. It is through this that the reader gets a window onto the man that he has become, more comprehensible for the view we've had of the man he was.

Got to worry when you begin to think that Tommy Lee was the most sorted one of the lot! ( )

You know what? I'm not a huge reader. Ok to be honest this is only the third book I've ever read. First being Huck Finn and second being Moby Dick. Them to books are awesome by the way, enjoyed them greatly. But the Heroin Diaries is a very, very good book. It for real moved me and I was able to finish it the very first day I purchased it. There wasn't a single time in the book that I was disappointed one bit. It was all some pretty crazy stuff. I can still remember vividly hundreds of events in the book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to open their minds a little. Let me know what you all think of the book, I would like to hear. And one more thing, im currently reading A Million Little Pieces, what kinds of things do you have about this book? Do you like it or dislike? ~MySpYdEr~ ( )

Interesting read, all the famous people linked together. ( )

I was in my early 20s in the late 80s and my sister was a huge Motley fan. This was such a sad story about having it all but not being able to appreciate it. Glad Sixx pulled it together somewhat at the end. ( )

It was a brave decision for Nikki Sixx to delve into his past and bring The Heroin Diaries out into the light for all to scrutinize. The book is an interesting mix of memoir and hindsight analysis. Nikki has taken his diary, that was kept beginning on Christmas day in 1986 through the Christmas of 1987, and released it, warts and all, for public consumption in the hopes of helping a few people out. It documents a dark time in his life where he battled the dragon while chasing it every once in a while.

Throughout the diary, you get a peek into the thoughts of a junkie. Of course, we're never sure how honest the thoughts are, as he is obviously lying even to himself and the diary at some points. Nikki also enlisted the help of friends, family, and business associates who added their own version of some of the events and their insights, as well. He also engages in the exercise of relating what he did to how he feels today and how his actions have affected him and others.

This is a fabulous addendum to Motley Crue's biography, The Dirt, as it takes a piece of time and expands it in a very personal way. It illustrates how someone can be king of his domain yet still be completely out of control and out of touch, creating his own reality of addiction and paranoia.

Proceeds from the book go to Nikki's favorite charity, Running Wild in the Night, which helps homeless teens on the streets of Hollywood, making it well worth the purchase price. ( )