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My favorite part about this book was when he realized he that he was going down hill when he had a great future ahead of him. To me personally, when a person can realize what they are doing to themselves and others around them, it is the greatest thing in the world. Self-realization is one of the best gifts a person could give themselves besides getting help. OS at the end of it all, I liked when he realized he wouldn't get anywhere in life if he couldn't get clean.

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I would definitely recommend reading the book "A Beautiful Boy" by David Sheff, written by Nic's father before reading this book, "Tweak".

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Some Chick's Blog All About Meth - Addiction & Support

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Let me start by saying I'm no book worm; reading a pamphlet is a push for me. I went camping this weekend and while running through Target to grab some last minute camping crap this book caught my eye; well uh...mainly because I write for a blog that is solely devoted to methamphetamine. Cruising by the book section of Target the cover with it's scrambled mess and the word "TWEAK" caught my eye. I thought to myself - could that really be a book about what I think it's about? And in Target of all places? Nah...I almost passed it up when the tiny phrase on the cover pulled me in: | Growing up on Methamphetamines| - Ok Sold.

I started reading Nic Sheff's memoir about growing up on meth sometime Sunday and I didn't want to put it down; In fact I couldn't. I read all 322 pages in three evenings. Each time I had to put the book down; I found my mind drifting off - wondering what happened to Nic next. The first such time was right about a quarter of the way through the book when he is seeing this girl named Lauren that is just as tweaked out as he is; as I read I felt myself cringing, thinking to myself "Damn, I really hope he ends up leaving this chick, there is some serious co-dependency going on here". Soon thereafter, I realized that I have read too much about addiction and co-dependency and that I needed sleep. I had some wacky dream last night and I woke up at 5AM not really sure if I had a really bad dream or if I even went to sleep. I glanced over to find the fricken book that I fell asleep reading on my pillow - that answered my question. The book beckoned me and darn it, I wanted to know what happened with Nic and Laren and Gack and Bullet and on and on.... I wished I could pick it up and keep reading, but I had to go on with business as usual. I managed to get through the work day with enough time to finish the book. The ending left me curious and I found myself searching online to find out more about Nic Scheff - specifically wanting to know how he is doing today; he's a pretty interesting guy.

The book takes you through the wild twists and turns in the life of a recovering addict. Through relapses and hardships you can always see through Nic's writing that he is a kind soul. He is ever aware of the the pain and destruction he is causing those around him, but his addiction to meth is too strong to "just quit" as the sober people around him would have liked him to. There are several parts of this book I wanted to quote here, but I don't want to ruin the story for you so I will save it for another day.

If you are at all interested in getting a realistic glimpse into the life of a meth addict then I highly recommend this book. There are some mildly sexually explicit parts and the F bomb is dropped on occasion, but I think that's what makes it real. The author couldn't have written about his life as a meth addict realistically without writing in the way he does.

Enough on that - this book rawks, so go get it.

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Tweak book review: The twisted journey of an addict

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Let me start by saying I'm no book worm; reading a pamphlet is a push for me. I went camping this weekend and while running through Target to grab some last minute camping crap this book caught my eye; well uh...mainly because I write for a blog that is solely devoted to methamphetamine.

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APB Speakers 5,261 views21 Drug Abuse & Recovery

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Author Nic Sheff Talks About His Riveting New Memoir Tweak

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Learn more about Tweak at http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Tweak/Nic-Sheff/9781416913627?mcd=vd_youtube_book A heartbreaking and powerful memoir of a young man's plunge into the mental and physical depths of crystal meth addiction.

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1A. "Back in high school it was just pot, maybe I'd do some acid and mushrooms on the weekend. But I smoked pot every day." (Sheff pg. #)

1B. This quote is important and really stood out to me because Sheff states how "it was JUST pot". He made this seem like it was so normal and how it couldn't necessarily affect him, but he was wrong and he became addicted. This quote foreshadowed the idea that the book was going to be about how his regular smoking patterns would turn into something more than what he made it seem.

2A."But early that morning, when I took those off-white crushed shards up that blue, cut plastic straw—well, my whole world pretty much changed after that. There was a feeling like—my God, this is what I've been missing my entire life. It completed me. I felt whole for the first time." (Sheff pg. #)

2B. This specific quote is valuable to this story because it shows imagery that will help the readers get a visual image and picture what's happening.

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"Tweak" is a very suspenseful book that catches the reader's attention within the first couple of pages and has them hooked until there is no more to be read. Throughout the book, Sheff talks about his struggles growing up as a kid while being addicted to methamphetamines. He also talks about his 12 step recovering process, but like most addicts he slipped up several times on his journey to getting sober/clean. Worst part is that he realizes the pain he is putting his family through, but they're also putting him through pain by telling him he's not in love with the girl that he says he's in love with. Question is, when will all of this come to an end?

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This book is a nonfiction memoir because Sheff gives us a visual background of how he got to this point in his life, but he also tells the readers how his addiction has a deeper meaning behind it.