Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's addiction / David Sheff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheff, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sheff, David.

Sheff, Nic.

Drug abuse--Treatment--California.

Drug abuse.

Methamphetamine abuse--Treatment--California.

Methamphetamine abuse.

Children of divorced parents--California.

Children of divorced parents.

Methamphetamine.

Amphetamine-Related Disorders--therapy.

Drug abuse--Treatment.

California.

Medical Subjects:

Amphetamine-Related Disorders--therapy.

Methamphetamine.

Physical Description:

340 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Mariner books edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

Summary:

"Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m. phone calls--is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself, and the obsessive worry and stress took a tremendous toll. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every avenue of treatment that might save his son and refused to give up on Nic. Beautiful boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Stay up late

His drug of choice

Whatever

If only

Never any knowing.

Notes:

"With a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-338).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780547203881

0547203888

9780329701932

0329701932

OCLC:

231588330

Online:

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