Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines - Couverture rigide

Sheff, Nic

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ISBN 10 : 1416913629 ISBN 13 : 9781416913627

Editeur : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

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A heartbreaking and powerful memoir of a young man's addiction to methamphetamine.
'It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago'
Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11. 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 always felt that he would be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer 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 many relapses and the final road to recovery. He paints an extraordinary picture of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substance abuse, and with himself. It's a harrowing portrait - but not one without hope.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9781847391629

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416913629
• ISBN 13: 9781416913627
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336