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Nic Sheff

    Nic Sheff è l'autore di due memorie che raccontano le sue lotte contro la dipendenza. La sua opera si addentra nelle profondità della dipendenza, esponendone l'impatto devastante sugli individui e sulle loro famiglie. La scrittura di Sheff è cruda e onesta, offrendo ai lettori uno sguardo penetrante negli angoli più oscuri della psiche umana. La sua autenticità e vulnerabilità risuonano, offrendo speranza e comprensione a coloro che affrontano sfide simili.

    Schizo
    High: Everything You Want to Know about Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
    We All Fall Down
    Tweak : growing up on methamphetamines
    • Aheartbreaking and powerful memoir of a young man's plunge into the mental and physical depths of crystal meth addiction.

      Tweak : growing up on methamphetamines
      4,0
    • We All Fall Down

      • 348pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      In his bestselling memoir "Tweak," Sheff shared a heartbreakingly honest account of his days as a crystal meth addict. In this powerful follow-up, Sheff writes candidly about stints at in-patient rehab facilities, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.

      We All Fall Down
      4,0
    • "Every parent should have a this book on-hand, and use it to open important dialogues with their kids. Arm them with knowledge." --Ellen Hopkins, bestselling author of the Crank trilogy. Just Say Know! With drug education for children more important than ever, this nonfiction book draws on the experiences of the New York Times bestselling father/son team and inspiration behind the film Beautiful Boy David and Nic Sheff to provide all the information teens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction.

      High: Everything You Want to Know about Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
      3,9
    • Schizo

      • 263pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      The fascinating, shocking, and ultimately quite hopeful story of one teen’s downward spiral into mental illness by the bestselling author of Tweak . Miles is the ultimate unreliable narrator—a teen recovering from a schizophrenic breakdown who believes he is getting better . . . when in reality he is growing worse. Driven to the point of obsession to find his missing younger brother, Teddy, and wrapped up in a romance that may or may not be the real thing, Miles is forever chasing shadows. As Miles feels his world closing around him, he struggles to keep it open, but what you think you know about his world is actually a blur of gray, and the sharp focus of reality proves startling. Written by the New York Times bestselling author of Tweak , Schizo is the fascinating, and ultimately quite hopeful, story of one teen's downward spiral into mental illness as he chases the clues to a missing brother. Perfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why , The Perks of Being a Wallflower , and It’s Kind of a Funny Story .

      Schizo
      3,6