Book Summary: Tweak by Nic Sheff The author Nic Sheff writes the novel in first person which always the protagonist/ writer to have a somewhat distance or non-existent type of feel to the story. Nic was an attractive and smart young man. But for some reason he felt empty and purposeless. In order to fill this void he felt‚ he first tried pot. This was not enough for him; he then turned to Methamphetamine or meth. Once he started he felt alive for the first time. Nic has gone from a promising young
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Boy‚ David Sheff narrates his own‚ his family’s‚ and his son’s years of struggle revolving around drug usage. Beginning in 1982‚ Sheff resides in Berkeley‚ California‚ with his wife Vicki. That year‚ they have their first child‚ Nic. When Nic is three years old‚ Sheff and Vicki divorce. Nic is bright; involved with school‚ art‚ sports‚ etc. He has a wide range of friends and grows to love books‚ music‚ and movies. He is confident and unafraid to go against the norm. When Nic is eight‚ Sheff remarries
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David Sheff‚ a husband and father of three‚ never would have guessed that he would have to surrender his life to his methamphetamine addicted son‚ Nic. Sheff‚ an author and writer‚ reflects on Nic’s entire life‚ searching for a possible motive for why his young‚ youthful son would want to try meth. Sheff takes the reader through his long detrimental journey of his son’s addiction and truly illustrates the struggles experienced by families and friends of addicts. Nic‚ described to be a lively‚
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Son’s Addition”‚ by David Sheff a series of sad events are detailed deriving from his eldest son’s alcohol and drug addiction. To Sheff’s horror his son is not only drinking and smoking marijuana but has tried a multitude of drugs which eventually resulted in him being addicted to “Meth”‚ a debilitating drug that is known to deteriorate a person from inside out. Nic began smoking Marijuana and drinking with friends when about 11 years old. When Sheff first found out about Nic drinking and using drugs
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forth through these ups and downs; as a result they start to lose hope. People should become aware of the seriousness of the situation. Teenage drug abuse is becoming more common in households around America. In the novel Beautiful Boy by David Sheff‚ Sheff and his family show the struggles of teenage drug abuse by facing the beginning phases of drug abuse‚ the effects on the family and friends‚ and the recovery process. There
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Beautiful Boy by David Sheff 1. Sheff intrigued me with his story just by the back of the book. The entire story is about his eldest son‚ Nic‚ who is an amazing student as a child; however‚ his childhood begins to fade when he gets into the life of drugs and alcohol. The experiences and hardships that the author goes through is very emotional which really kept me reading. 2. The setting affects the author and his story. The book takes place in modern day times as in 2008. This impacts the
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Now in this potent follow-up about his continued efforts to stay clean‚ Nic writes directly about his eye-opening stays at rehab centers‚ tragic relapses‚ and realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction. During the start of the book‚ _We all Fall Down: Living with Addiction‚_ Nic Sheff was 23 years old. He never really had a living because he started using drugs early in his life. In 2009‚ Nic worked at a coffee shop while trying to stay sober. Eventually‚ he had to
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In this book I think that David Sheff lays down a great visual into the life of his son Nic. He tells us how brilliant Nic is‚ that Nic has a great imagination and that all of his teachers think that he is a very smart and intelligent boy. But on the other hand he also lets us know that Nic is torn between the fact that he has to live two lives‚ one with his father‚ David‚ and one with his mother‚ Vicki. In the beginning it was good because his mother did not live to far from him but when she relocates
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Beautiful Boy In the book Beautiful Boy David Sheff the father describes his and his family’s experience dealing with his son Nic who is addicted to the drug crystal meth. In telling his story David takes us down memory lane to the beginning of his life with his first wife who gives birth to his son Nic. In this book I think that David Sheff lays down a great foundation into the life of his son Nic. He tells us how brilliant Nic is‚ that Nic has a great imagination and that all of his teachers
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One man in particular is Nic Sheff; a man who was a drug addict and wrote an autobiography called “Tweak”. In this book‚ Nic describes himself as a drug addict who spends all his money on drugs instead of food and bills. The main person that had a bad influence in his life was an older woman named Zelda. Nic liked being with her because he saved her from her ex-husband. However‚ at the end of the book‚ Nic’s parents made a decision for him to go back into rehab in Arizona. Nic always said that he has
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