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

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

By: David Sheff  

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Description:
What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3 A.M. phone calls (is it Nic? the police? the hospital?), the rehabs. His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and refused to give up on Nic.
Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help.



Description:
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

Publisher: Mariner Books

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Amazing insight and dedication display. - The book struck me very hard in the beginning and I was under attack with emotions while reading. I have not experienced anything like this nor know anybody to close to me that has felt this type of experience or pain. But I was able to take in the dedication, love and HOPE that David Sheff displayed to his son Nicholas. I read this book within 6 days, i was so involved in it. The disclosure of thoughts, emotions, stories and actions is what makes this story real and attractive. My 2 year old son is named Nicholas and at times I would finish a chapter and just for some reason picture these actions in my life and I would tell myself, this is how I would handle the situation... just like David - by any means necessary I would never give up. He didn't and from what I understand still hasn't.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Satisfied customer - I received the book in a fair amount of time and in good condition. I have received other books by this company and I don't hesitate to order from them.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A difficult story, told in a beautiful way - The book was a great read, even difficult to put down at times. The story was sad at times, but also a wonderful story of a family. Many people have known others with a drug addiction, I think the book gives us all some hope. A great read.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Heart wrenching story - I must have cried a million tears when I read this book. My eyes were opened and finally, I felt that I was no longer alone in the journey with my own son's addiction. David Sheff gave me a reason to live and to hold my head up from shame to continue the fight to save my child from death. This book was given to me by a dear friend and I have since passed it on to others who need the same help. Thank you David, my son is two years clean and our family is whole again.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A must listen - This is a fantastic listen. I thought the reader was actually Nic's father. It is warm caring and very informative without being boring going over facts and figures. I found it to be extremely helpful explaining a subject that is unexplainable. There is hope.

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