My two new favorites...

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines

Nic Sheff

 

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

I read Beautiful Boy for my class, and I really liked it. So when I was done reading it, I went out and bought Tweak. Beautiful Boy is the story of father dealing with his son's meth addiction, and Tweak is that same story, but the son's side of it. I seriously have never done a drug in my life (if you dont count caffiene, tylenol, and the percocet they gave me after having c-sections)...and for some reason these books have totally gotten into my head. I was up reading until 1:30 last night because I didnt want to stop. Saturday night, I read it for about 45 minutes while I was taking a bath, and once I realized my water was cold...I looked up and realized I was in my own bathroom and not on the streets in California watching Nic relapse like I felt like I was.

So, if you are wondering why I havent been on here much, it's because I spend all my free time reading these books... I am really pulling for Nic...the thing that really gets to me is that the story is right now...this isn't a story from 10, or 20 years ago. He has a blog (or he did, but closed it down just yesterday). He wasn't on it for a while and I thought he relapsed again and It made me sick. I can't believe some of the things Nic did to get his drugs. And it is really intersting because I read David Sheff's book first, and he would talk about Nic being gone for weeks etc... I would wonder what Nic was doing and where he was. Then I read Nic's book and I am finding out all of those answers and what was going through his head. I am really kind of bummed that he closed the blog because when I am done with his book...it's just going to be over. I wont be able to find out how he's doing from his blog. 

I dont even know them, and I dont understand why I am so interested...but I hope for them that everything works out!