Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

Title: Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction Author: Sheff, David ISBN: 9780547203881 Publisher: Mariner Books Published: 2009 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Y 1633348 Publisher Description: #1 New York Times bestseller "A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." -- Anne Lamott What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic 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