Tweak, Nic Sheff
Tweak, Nic Sheff
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Tweak
Growing Up on Methamphetamines

Author: Nic Sheff

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2008

Synopsis

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 writing 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 of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself.

About Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff and his father David Sheff captured a nation of readers with their bestselling memoirs, Tweak and Beautiful Boy. These books explore teen drug addiction from two different points of view: a father's and a son's. Nic currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and writes for TV, including for the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheyenne on March 17, 2009

I don't mean to put down other people's opinions but you all are being incredibly harsh. This is Nic's true story, of growing up on Meth, and unless you have also overcome such a drug, it's not your place to call him a horrible, pathetic person. And to say that throughout some of the book, he's putt......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on July 11, 2008

I heard about 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, at best. After......more

Goodreads review by jv on December 31, 2019

Rips my heart out, fills me with hope. Every. Time.......more

Goodreads review by Buggy on September 19, 2023

Opening Line: "I'd heard rumors about what happened to Lauren, I mean, I never even knew her that well but we'd sort of hung out a few times in high school" There's been a lot of buzz around Nic Sheff's bestselling memoir TWEAK and for good reason, its un-put-downable. This candid, gritty and detaile......more

Goodreads review by Cori on October 26, 2022

For all the issues our nation, (if you live in the U.S.) and the world, faces in regards to substance use, the fact remains that most of us will go through our life without addiction to illicit drugs. This book is amazing because it gives a firsthand account to the struggles and experiences someone......more

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