Tweak

By Nic Sheff

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Young adult fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12, Large type books, Methamphetamine abuse, Reading Level-Grade 9, Drug abuse, juvenile literature, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 7, Drug addiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, California, biography, Drug addicts, Reading Level-Grade 10, Rehabilitation

Description: 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 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