I hear Lauren giggling behind me, then nothing but the roar of the ocean and the cold, cold, cold. But I stopped calling him as often. Not that I doubt Nic Sheff is or was a drug addict; I guess it just seems like he's trying too hard to become one of his heroes. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra credit project: find a pen pal ... And although the book is "true," there are some facts in the book that don't add up and add an air of questionability to the whole story (for example, sometimes the dates don't add up; another example is when Sheff states that his friend Yakuzo lives in a house in Brentwood - then a few pages later, she suddenly lives in a high-rise condo building elsewhere). He had a wife and a three-year-old daughter. Sheff spends a lot of time boasting about how great a writer he is, which is strange because this book reads like an immature 14 year old wrote it. I have about four months clean." "I was going to get my tattoo filled in. the only reason it earned a 2nd star is because it confirms my beliefs that everyone in the greater LA area is a shallow, worthless, junkie starfucker.I definitely prefer the father's book over the son's, not to say that the son's memoir isn't powerful, it just isn't enjoyable to read.

She shakes her head, but I say, "Fuck, all right." It'd seemed like, after countless rehabs and sober livings, I had finally beaten my drug problem And yet there I was, standing on Haight Street, drunk on Stoli and stoned out on Ambien, which I'd stolen from the med room at that rehab. I am curious if this book was only published thanks to Nic's father's connections. Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates.
I'd been so small that my dad would shelter me from the cold by hiding me in his sweater. I wanted desperately to feel that wholeness again.

The book also said very little about his growing up. "Uh, yeah, we could use your car. I wonder how long it will be before the calls start coming in -- how long before he knows I've gone out, relapsed, thrown it all away. "Yo, I'm hookin' you up so fat," he says, handing over a very not fat Baggie of white crystals. The fact was, I couldn't just stop. ItI wish to God that Goodreads had a category or designation for THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ, because this would definitely be in it. "Five years. It felt like at times it was trying too hard (to sound cool, to be edgy, to be desparate), and at times it was not trying hard enough (Sheff alludes to his "troubled past" that is supposed to be even more messed up than his present relapses, yet never gives any real details to back it up). And to say that throughout some of the book, he's putting the blame on other people is wrong and you've obviously misunderstood. I remember going on walks with my dad out to Fort Point, a jetty that stretches out underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. "Here he comes." This book is actually, like, the worst thing I have ever read. That sounds like a cop-out, but it's the truth. My biggest problem with the book is it just doesn't feel honest. 50 quotes from Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines: ‘It's like if the music is loud enough I won't be able to listen to my own thoughts.

I felt our writer was one of the most selfish, self-inflated narrative voices I have read in a long time. A determined young girl joins forces with an adventure-loving street boy to save her father’s there is no reason to read this book, it is pointless masturbation & it isn't even well-crafted. My daughter is a recovering meth addict and she read it and suggested I read it. My life was suddenly working, you know? Eventually I got arrested for a possession charge. Get inspired – the book covers the science, the design, and the history of effects pedals, but also looks into how you can use them in your own jams and compositions.

It did not.