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Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines Paperback – 1 September 2018

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The story that inspired the major motion picture Beautiful Boy featuring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.

This New York Times bestselling memoir of a young man’s addiction to methamphetamine tells a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery.

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. 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 into 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.

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Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (1 September 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1416972196
ISBN-13 : 978-1416972198
Reading age : 15 years and up

Best Sellers Rank: 96,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight." -- Armistead Maupin, author of The Night Listener and Michael Tolliver Lives

"Difficult to read and impossible to put down." -- Chicago Tribune

"Tweak is...Bukowski and Burroughs, the heart to his dad's head—and the kid can write." -- Seattle Weekly

"An unflinching chronicle of life as an addict." -- U.S. News & World Report

"Full of jaw-tightening and occasionally grisly scenes of shooting up, deals gone bad, guns and sex, Sheff’s story takes off like a shot in the arm with a terse, honest and spontaneous narrative." -- Kirkus Reviews

Review of Tweak and Beautiful Boy: "Both takes on this story are riveting, brilliantly written, thoughtful, searingly honest and equally essential. They should be mandatory reading for every teenager and every parent of one." -- London Daily Mail

"The trajectory of drug addiction is nothing new, but Sheff's lucid, simple prose makes the heartbreaking journey seem fresh." -- San Francisco Chronicle

“A raw and sad account, vivid in its depiction of the pleasures and tunnel vision of addiction and the challenges of sobriety.” -- BCCB

"Raw, powerful, and honest." -- The Bookseller

About the Author

Nic Sheff is the author of two memoirs about his struggles with addiction: the New York Times bestselling Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction. Nic lives in Los Angeles, California where he writes for film and television.

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Loxy

Refreshingly honest

Reviewed in Australia on 30 March 2019

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This book provided such an insight into the mind of an addict. The self-delusion and emptiness that addicts feel was fascinating and the author holds nothing back. It's a fantastic read and I highly recommend.

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GBC

Couldn’t put it down

Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2021

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I was hesitant to buy this book due to some bad reviews but I am glad I ignored them and read it. I loved it all and could not put it down. I appreciated Nics honestly and felt his pain. I also can feel his parents pain and defeat as well.
As someone who has issues of abandonment from childhood and also a parent of a son with substance use issues I found it really helpful.

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Great read!

Reviewed in Australia on 13 January 2019

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Very raw and heartbreaking to see the horrible series of events that a life of drugs leads to. Great read though.

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onlymycatunderstandsme

Brilliant, Can't Stopped Reading!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 March 2018

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Beautifully written, brutally honest, great read! I started reading this right after I finished reading "Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff and like his father's book, I could not put it down, Nic's writing was captivating maybe because he described a world that was so foreign to me, I never used drugs, none of my friends or family had an addiction problem, drugs was I only hear about Hollywood stars I admire and I would feel sorry for them and that is the exact feeling I had when I was reading Nic's amazing writing, I wanted to cuddle him and protect him from all the bad things, I could not imagine what his parents must have gone through, and I still have a hard time understanding why someone so talented was willing to destroy his life so easily, but that is the problem I guess, addiction is a disease, once you start it takes over, so my wish for Nic is hope he finds one thing that can fill the void in his soul, hope he stays strong and keeps writing because he has an amazing way with words and I can't wait reading more from him! Lastly I have to admit this reading marathon with David & Nic Sheff started with my discovery of ridiculous talented Timothy Chalamet in CMBYN, he is another beautiful boy and gentle soul, I'm so looking forward to watching him in Beautiful Boy, hope Nic stays clean and attends all the film festivals with the cast!

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Alex

An amazing book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 January 2019

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I read the book immediately after watching the movie. I realized with the movie that it was more about the father's struggle dealing with his son's addiction, so as a first step i wanted to see Nic's side of the story. I couldn't put the book down. I felt like crying with every relapse. I felt pride in him with every small victory. Drugs don't just affect down and outs. They can touch anybody. The best of people, with lives full of opportunities. Yet everybody's psychology is unique, so anyone could fall victim. A very touching, many times disturbing, honest account of the struggle of drug addiction. I wish Nic all the very best. He is an inspiration in his will to fight despite tripping himself up and falling down so many times. He still gets back up. Respect.

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Suzy

A must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2019

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This story really pulls you into the sad, destructive life of a drug addict. At times unbelievable to read what they will do just to get high. Also the whole family tragically suffers which is so sad. The worst part was when he had been clean and then dragged back into it again by his girlfriend. Hopefully he now has a life. Well worth a read.

peter

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2019

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I have just read your book Nick and I must say how much I admire your honesty. Although at time throughout your book it make me angry. It also makes me sad that you feel so alone. To finish I want to say to you that I I honestly want to wish you all the very best in your future. You deserve it and you also deserve happiness I hope you get it all I really do.

Alicja41

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2020

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This book was really well written very sad at time but very interring insight into how quickly life can escalate even with a good loving family.

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