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Loading... Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addictionby David Sheff
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Until I read this book, I didn't realize how addicting meth was, and how an addiction destroys a person's life and others as well. (  ) ricky2love | Sep 26, 2009 |  I usually don't impulse buy anything but trashy novels, but after hearing David Sheff and son, Nic, speak at a mental health provider conference about their experiences with Nic's crystal meth addiction I was so moved that I bought both the father and son's version of the story (Beautiful Boy and Tweak, respectively) on the spot and then immediately read them back-to-back. I could quibble with the presentation of a few sections of Beautiful Boy but, all in all, it was a great read. (  ) LBM007 | Sep 10, 2009 | Beautiful Boy is an amazing (and sad) journey that David Sheff describes about his son Nic and his addiction with Methamphetamines. This book provides a personal parent's point of view of the rollercoaster life that his family and his son endured during his son's drug addiction. This book was so easy to read and understand coming from a family who has endured drug additions. I didn't want the story to end when I finished the book. I wondered what happened to him and his son. Have they been able to get through these past years? Is Nic still struggling with addition and recovery? I look forward to reading Nic's book, "Tweak" to see the other side of the story. ( ) Sunflower6_Cris | Aug 28, 2009 | The first part was kind of tedious for me, in that it was recollections of the good part of the boy's childhood. I just wanted to read about the addiction. Once the book finally got to talking about addiction, it was pretty interesting and informative. This book thoroughly covers all angles of what it's like being a parent in this situation. It was good. ( ) desanders | May 28, 2009 | I have given this book to several people as a gift. I thought it was an incredibly powerful story about a father struggling with his son's substance addictions. This book has inspired several people in my life to attend their first ALANON meeting to gain support for addiction in their own families. (  ) tianakai | May 21, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0618683356, Hardcover)Amazon Best of the Month, February 2008: From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. Beautiful Boy is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David. Achingly honest, it chronicles the betrayal, pain, and terrifying question marks that haunt the loved ones of an addict. Many respond to addiction with a painful oath of silence, but David Sheff opens up personal wounds to reinforce that it is a disease, and must be treated as such. Most importantly, his journey provides those in similar situations with a commodity that they can never lose: hope --Dave Callanan(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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