Summary Of Nic Sheff's Memoir 'Tweak'
September 22, 2008 Tweak (Growing up on Methamphetamines) Nic Sheff
D. Williams
In Nic Sheff's appalling memoir, "Tweak", he takes you through his many attempts at recovery, and the mental and physical hardships he endured. The first time he got drunk was at age 11, and in the years that followed his life swirled out of control as his addiction to methamphetamines (along with cocaine and heroin) became more demanding. What I thought really differentiated his memoir from others about addiction was the courage he had to try again, after so many failed attempts at getting sober. From prostituting himself to stealing from the people he loved, Nic not only had to fight the rest of the world, but his own demons as well. Throughout Nic's account of the story, the theme was really being emphasized. Without the plot, his experiences wouldn't having taken suck vivid shape. Doing the right thing is always the hardest, but Nic had the courage to do the right thing. He had the courage to stop hiding behind something, (the meth) and come forward and be honest with not only his family, but himself as well. After five …show more content…
Nic's voice was raw, brutally honest, graphic, and somewhat disturbing. It definitely wouldn't have been the same, or have the same meaning, had he told the story being sugar-coated and fake. The realistic way in which he told it made it all the more real. He took you back to the past a lot, instead of merely re-telling the events as they occurred. "It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed to the floor and nothing to do but hold on, and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago." That was one of my favourite quotes from the novel, because his metaphor captures exactly how his addiction had taken control over him. But in the end, he had the courage to overcome his addiction. He never gave
D. Williams
In Nic Sheff's appalling memoir, "Tweak", he takes you through his many attempts at recovery, and the mental and physical hardships he endured. The first time he got drunk was at age 11, and in the years that followed his life swirled out of control as his addiction to methamphetamines (along with cocaine and heroin) became more demanding. What I thought really differentiated his memoir from others about addiction was the courage he had to try again, after so many failed attempts at getting sober. From prostituting himself to stealing from the people he loved, Nic not only had to fight the rest of the world, but his own demons as well. Throughout Nic's account of the story, the theme was really being emphasized. Without the plot, his experiences wouldn't having taken suck vivid shape. Doing the right thing is always the hardest, but Nic had the courage to do the right thing. He had the courage to stop hiding behind something, (the meth) and come forward and be honest with not only his family, but himself as well. After five …show more content…
Nic's voice was raw, brutally honest, graphic, and somewhat disturbing. It definitely wouldn't have been the same, or have the same meaning, had he told the story being sugar-coated and fake. The realistic way in which he told it made it all the more real. He took you back to the past a lot, instead of merely re-telling the events as they occurred. "It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed to the floor and nothing to do but hold on, and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago." That was one of my favourite quotes from the novel, because his metaphor captures exactly how his addiction had taken control over him. But in the end, he had the courage to overcome his addiction. He never gave