Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheffliterary work· published 2008
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What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic Sheff became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first subtle warning signs: the denial, the 3 A.M. phone calls (is it Nic? The police? The hospital?), the rehabs.
Adaptations (1)
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction was adapted into a 2018 film.
Beautiful Boy2018 · film · 120 min · dir. Felix van Groeningen · IMDb ↗After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
