The release date for the English version of 'Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines' by
Nic Sheff is Feb 2008. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The narrative that served as the basis for the popular film Beautiful Boy, starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell.
The journey from relapse to treatment is chronicled in this gritty, terrifying, and ultimately optimistic book from the New York Times about a young man's methamphetamine addiction.
When Nic Sheff was eleven years old, he had his first drink. He would often smoke marijuana, use cocaine and Ecstasy, and became addicted to heroin and crystal meth in the years that followed. Still, he thought he would always be able to give up and get his life together when the time came. One summer in California, a dramatic relapse was necessary to persuade him differently. Nic tells us the gripping, tragic, and authentic tale of his relapse and the journey back to recovery in a voice that is honest and unvarnished. Nic presents a portrait of a man at war with his history, his family, his addictions, and himself as we see him descend into the psychological and physical depths of heroin addiction. Though terrifying, the image is not without hope.