This is one of my hardbacks that I bought at the west branch for two dollars on Tu 1/6/98 and first finished on Fr 1/9/09..."before going to work to pick up pay stubs at 1700 Hazel Dell".
Refinished on We 8/18/21
The rich and the entitled get many more chances when they fuck up. Someone without Nic Sheff's advantages might have made for a more interesting tale. The entire tone of the book could be filed under "white people's problems".
No new ground broken, but the book gives a harrowing look at how addiction can destroy a relatively secure home.
A wrap at Goodreads:
"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."
I did watch most of the movie that was based on the book. It's on Amazon Prime and stars Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet.
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