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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines | 
 enlarge | Author: Nic Sheff
Publisher: Ginee Seo Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 154
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 1416913629
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.299092
EAN: 9781416913627
ASIN: 1416913629
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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Product Description
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 a voice 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 for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. It's a harrowing portrait -- but not one without hope.
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 It's OK May 13, 2008
I read the excerpt on Amazon and wanted more! I bought the book and again found myself not being able to put the book down. Then Nic got sober and the book got REAL slow. Now I'm not promoting drugs or anything, but the first part of the book - while he was on drugs - was a lot more gripping then the sober part. I ended up putting the book down and havent picked it back up since. When I have nothing to do, I'll finish it. I DON'T plan on getting the book by his father.
 WOW May 13, 2008
This was an outstanding book. He was very dedicated when writing about his experience. I am now going to read the book that his dad wrote about the issue Nik faced and see how close it goes with his book. I would recommend this book to everyone.
Hard to Read, but I couldn't put it down May 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was hard to read; I saw a lot of myself in this book, with my own food addictions and experimenting with other drugs in my twenties. I loved that Nic was able to bring us into his ego, and his need for approval and his sadness at never feeling good enough. I think this is a theme behind all addictions. I read Beautiful Boy, and I was moved by his father's effort to try and understand where his son was coming from; but in the end I thought the father was clueless and blaming. The addict is in pain, and it's more painful for a parent to try and tell them how bad they are for doing this to his/her parents. It just goes right back to the core issues the addict has in the first place. The child needs unconditional love and structure - yes - but if that hasn't been the case, then the parent and child need to search for their own help separately; not just expect the child to "snap out of it".
Good stuff May 11, 2008
My ex was addicted to Meth, and always said, "You'll never understand until you try it". This book allows me so see life through an addicts eyes, but not having to use the drug myself.
Tweak May 11, 2008
I enjoyed this book. At times I was reading in horror at the devistation that was happening to this young man. i am a mother who lost her son to drugs and I felt that this book really gave me another view of the disease. Thank you Nick for this insite into what was going on in my sons life. I now have a better understanding.
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