Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines

Name: Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Price: 11.99 USD
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Rating: 4.6 (4913 reviews)
Author: Nic Sheff

by Nic Sheff

Memoir Young Adult

4.6 (4,913)

4.6 stars from 4,913 reviews. Top 51% of Memoir books we track.

393 pages~6.6 hr readPublished by Simon and SchusterPublished 2012-12-11

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Perfect for you if...

You're looking for a brutally honest account of addiction that doesn't romanticise or minimise the damage drugs do.
You want to understand what drives someone back to using despite knowing it will destroy them.
You've been affected by someone else's addiction and need to know you're not alone in that particular heartbreak.

Maybe not for you if...

You need a recovery narrative that wraps up neatly with all problems solved and hope fully restored.
You're triggered by detailed descriptions of drug use and relapse and need to protect your own sobriety.
You prefer memoirs that maintain emotional distance rather than raw, unflinching vulnerability on every page.

About this book

Nic Sheff's memoir recounts his struggle with drug addiction beginning in childhood. He first became drunk at age eleven and subsequently used pot, cocaine, Ecstasy, crystal meth, and heroin. Despite his escalating substance use, Sheff believed he could quit whenever he chose. A violent relapse during a summer in California changed this perspective. Sheff describes his addiction with raw honesty, detailing his descent into the mental and physical depths of drug dependency. The narrative portrays a person in conflict with his past, his family, his substance use, and himself. While the account is heartbreaking, it ultimately conveys a message of hope through his path toward recovery.

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Currently around #49K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Climbing the charts — 40% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.6★ from 4,913 reviews

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