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A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
Houghton Mifflin
March 2008
On Sale: February 26, 2008
336 pages
ISBN: 0618683356
EAN: 9780618683352
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Sheff's story is a first: a teenagers addiction from the
parent's point of view a real time chronicle of the shocking
descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into
hope. Before meth, Sheff's son Nic was a varsity athlete, honor
student, and award winning journalist. After meth, he was a
trembling wraith who stole money from his eight-year-old
brother and lived on the streets. With haunting candor,
Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs, the denial (by
both child and parents), the three A.M. phone calls (is it
Nic? the police? the hospital?), the attempts at rehab, and,
at last, the way past addiction. He shows us that, whatever
an addict's fate, the rest of the family must care for each
other too, lest they become addicted to addiction. Meth is the fastest-growing drug in the United States, as
well as the most addictive and the most dangerous wreaking
permanent brain damage faster than any other readily
available drug. It has invaded every region and demographic
in America. This book is the first that treats meth and its
impact in depth. But it is not just about meth. Nic's
addiction has wrought the same damage that any addiction
will wreak. His story, and his father's, are those of any
family that contains an addict and one in three American
families does.
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