Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Book Review: Very real and honest... a MUST read for parents of teens
Summary: 5 Stars
This well written book will help many people, and I believe the author was very brave and honest. This book helped me to learn how to 'let go'..even if your son or daughter 'just drinks' or 'just smokes pot' .. this book will help you.
I want to thank the author for opening up his personal life; there is such a stigma to this kind of illness. Many small minded people can not grasp the situation and finding support (even among family memebers) is nearly impossible and extremely expensive. Nic was blessed his family had the love and resources to pull him through without him dying or going to jail.
I agree that everyday is a stressful as combat..losing control of the child you love; knowing you can't do a thing; and having the strength to know when to say no more...without feeling like you have stopped loving your child.
My favorite part of the book; is when the author found his higher power; his faith; and he learned to pray. May God Bless him for being so honest and writing such a moving, encouraging, and supportive book.
Book Review: Beautiful book about a beautiful boy with a not so beautiful problem....
Summary: 5 Stars
Beautifully written! David Sheff's writing is painful, educational and incredibly revealing. I loved the book so much, I have recommended it all of my friends. The research on meth's addictive powers alone is truly noteworthy. Sheff gives so much valuable info about the country's meth epidemic, this could very well be used for educational purposes.
I have purchased Nic's book "Tweak" and I look forward to reading the flip side of this very scary story.
Highly recommended!
Book Review: Good Book
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a tear-jerker. It's worth the read for any parent struggling with an addicted child. I cried and was left feeling depressed. However, it does have a happy ending. I hope and pray all of us with addicted children have happy endings, too. Book Review: Honest, emotive, and informative
Summary: 4 Stars
Honest, emotive, and informative, these are the three qualities that define David Sheff's Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. As a young adult, I find this to be an excellent book not only for its vivid and eloquent writing style, but also because it engages the reader in the emotional journey that the author embarks on when learning about, trying to "cure," and coming to understand the long-lasting effects of his son's meth addiction. Most importantly, Sheff's story allowed me to see the world through the eyes of a parent for the first time: as a result, I have been given a first-hand illustration of a parent's unconditional love and support for his or her children.
The narratives of Sheff's sleepless nights in which he waited for Nic -his son- to come home, Sheff's futile attempts to find Nic in the streets of San Francisco, and the mutually destructive reality of drugs are the most heart-breaking, emotionally-driven, and tangible accounts of the book. In addition, Sheff's inner battle between his sense of guilt, frustration, impotence, and uncertainty provides the reader with a parent's attempt to uncover the reasons for which his son turned to drug consumption. The constant objective and subjective turmoil present in this book provides a humanistic touch to the struggles of Sheff, allowing his narrative to transcend his book's pages and reflect the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
This book does not only describe a teenager's/young adult's addiction to methamphetamines -among other drugs-, but a father's race against his son's addiction, against the inability to help his son overcome his addiction, and against the unwanted effects Nic's addiction was having on Sheff's personal life (marriage, job, health, finances, etc.). In other words, this book presents the reader with the idea that that a person's addiction -in this case Nic- expands to infect all of those around him or her, especially those to whom s/he is closest.
I would strongly recommend this book to any parent, but especially to those parents who are experiencing or have experienced the hardships of addiction. Likewise, this book can serve as a source of information for young adults, teenagers, and the general public, since it speaks of the devastating physical and emotional effects of addiction from a first-hand perspective.
Book Review: A MUST READ For EVERY Parent
Summary: 5 Stars
This was an amazing, heartwrenching true story about a father who is dealing with his son's addiction to meth. I loved this book and feel that it is a MUST READ for every parent in America.
David Sheff was able to write the most tragic story of his life beautifully. I could feel every emotion that he went through. And boy did I learn some things. He researched the drug while living through this story and shares his research with the readers. If for no other reason that what you can learn about this drug through this book, it should be read by everyone.
Read it! Read it! Read it!