Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines  enlarge Author: Nic Sheff Publisher: Ginee Seo Books Category: Book List Price: $16.99 Buy Used: $0.01 as of 9/6/2010 17:38 CDT details You Save: $16.98 (100%) New (60) Used (111) Collectible (4) from $0.01 Seller: internationalbooks Rating: 162 reviews Sales Rank: 143083 Media: Hardcover Edition: First Edition Reading Level: Young Adult Pages: 336 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 ISBN: 1416913629 Dewey Decimal Number: 362.299092 EAN: 9781416913627 ASIN: 1416913629 Publication Date: February 19, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Features:   •  ISBN13: 9781416913627   •  Condition: New   •  Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. 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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. Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 162 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...33Next » Very raw and accurate portrait of a real drug addict...   August 30, 2010 Fry Mommy This is a good book. I don't know what some of the critics of this book were expecting but if you really want to be inside a drug addicts head this is the book. They think of nothing but themselves and drugs. He told it like it is and that's why it was a good read. If he would have told it any other way it wouldn't have been his story. Not only that but if there was ever a book that made me NOT want to do drugs, it's this book. I will admit that he definitely seemed detached from his story but that only helps explain why it's so easy for him to relapse over and over. It doesn't have a warm and fuzzy ending because for a lot of drug addicts the end is death. Also, to the people who feel sorry for "Zelda", boo hoo. You can't tell your life story without the people who were in it. He didn't say their names and it's not his fault if people can put two and two together. I read this book in a day. I would recommend it to anyone thinking of trying drugs. I think this book could save lives. A gift   August 28, 2010 K. Carlson (Owasso, OK USA) I bought this book for my brother as a gift. Although I have never read it, when he received it, he was ecstatic about it. I guess it had been a book he had been wanting to read for quite some time. I was happy he was pleased with the purchase! It was also sent quickly. Not a YA Read!   August 21, 2010 Farha Zaman (Plano Texas) This is a memoir I found in the Young adults section. IT IS NOT a read suitable for young adults! It has language, explicit sexual situations, and explicit drug use. Now, with the disclaimer given...it is a fairly honest read of a young man battling his many addictions. The books has an incredible voice. The author manages to capture the many emotions he experienced without losing the reader. The book was a too "raw" for me, but gives an accurate insight into the life of an intelligent young man, who is a slave to his dependencies. Nic Sheffield's story starts in the middle of his addiction and the reader gets a taste of the confusion that is always present in his mind regarding his choices. Tweak is more adult version of Jay's Diary or Go Ask Alice. The book could have been better organized, but I see the editor's reasoning in leaving the erratic flashbacks to mimic his actual drug-induced thoughts. It is a great book on "how not to live your life" and I recommend it to anyone who is trying to understand someone with a chemical or emotional dependency. What didn't he do for his addiction...   August 20, 2010 J. E. Cornejo (Merritt Island, FL) Read this book and you'll find out all the disturbing ups and downs of Nic Sheff and his addition to mainly METH but a load of drugs and life problems. His story is told fluidly without hesitation to not disclose his upmost secrets. He tells you, what he did, what he thought, why he did and he keeps going and going. I personally don't have anybody in my world that was impacted with this type of insane addiction but you dont need too. In the end, you will understand that no matter how many rock bottoms, how many bad corners turned and how different a person will change that in the end nothing can come between you and your value to LIFE. You will see in this book on Nic Sheff's addiction that he probably stopped valuing life. But with the power of family, love and hope... anything is possible again. Though not fully rehab'd and saved... his life is now a rehab process, forever. It was an amazing story that fuels my love for life to stay clean and keep everything and everyone in my world drug free. One of the best books i have ever read..   August 6, 2010 happy420 This book comes out srong from the start,and stays addictive to the very last chapter. It hits home even harder to know that this is based on someones actual life,and that they went through everything in this book. I would tell everyone and anyone to read this book! Showing reviews 1-5 of 162 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...33Next »

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