Sheff\'s story tells of his teenage son\'s Addiction to meth, in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the family\'s gradual emergence into hope. -- Washington Post.
An eye-opening memoir. . .
Filled with compelling anecdotes and important insights .
And he refused to give up on Nic.
But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every treatment that might save his son. phone calls--is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an Addiction in itself.
David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m.
After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets.
Before Nic 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. -- Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia What had happened to my Beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff\'s Journey Through his son Nic\'s Addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. -- Anne Lamott \'When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our own pain and that of others.\' That\'s ultimately what Beautiful Boy is about: truth and healing.
This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts. #1 New York Times bestseller Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Steve Carell * Timoth e Chalamet * Maura Tierney * and Amy Ryan A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of Beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom.
Sheff\'s story tells of his teenage son\'s Addiction to meth, in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the family\'s gradual emergence into hope