Essay on Tweak by Nic Sheff

He then starts back drinking. Not only is he drinking, doing the things he have done before but also the unbelievable. Burroughs not only started drinking but he also used drugs and found another sleeping partner at a bar. So now he is dealing with a lot of personal problems. He not only has an alcohol/drug addiction but relationship problems and problems with performing his task at work as well. Burroughs is letting everything get a hold of him to the point where he no longer cares about his job the way he should. Burroughs did a lot of things that were not safe and or right when he got drunk. He bought furniture that he did not remember buying all because he was drunk. Having people around like Hayden and Serena (who taught him how to snort crack) was a bad idea as well. For Burroughs to get better, he would have to cut all of his bad company off. Since he has an addiction problem himself, it would be hard to be around someone who has the same bad habits. If one of them has a relapse it will be so convincing for the other to do the same.

Drugs can ruin your life, family, career and future. Jude Hassan author and main subject of the novel Suburban Junky, has a lot of similarities and differences with Chris Herren, former NBA player and star of the ESPN Documentary, Unguarded, regarding their addictions to drugs. The major similarities are their rehab time, painful withdraw and the major difference with them is that Jude did it to be popular and Chris did it to deal with the stress. Both Jude and Chris served a long period of time in jail because of their problems with drugs.

Individually, we create a metaphorical puzzle as we reflect on our life. These puzzle pieces represent all of the small-scale decisions we’ve made. Inside of those decisions, also consists of other people and how they influenced our upbringings. When this puzzle is put together, all of these decisions create one large picture. Specifically, Wes Moore’s “puzzle” obtains unfinished than other people, these pieces may not fit particularly well with other pieces, and they may never will. The reader may never perceive why Wes made any of the poor decisions he has made in his lifetime, nevertheless, there’s one large section of the puzzle that holds together–this would be Wes Moore’s influence from drug abuse. The idea of drug abuse continues to be frowned upon by other people. However, what most people may not understand is that there’s an addiction that comes with it, not an addiction to the drugs specifically, though an addiction to the lifestyle that came with it.

The novels, Tweak by Nic Sheff and Beautiful Boy by David Sheff have shed an enormous amount of light on a topic that most of the population tries to avoid and pretend doesn’t exist: drug addiction. These novels are both compelling and haunting. They leave the reader anxiously turning each page, unable to read quick enough. Both sides of a drug addiction story, the addicts and the families of addicts, are told with deep sincerity and powerful insight. Because of these novels

(2.) Nic Sheff is a chronic slipper when it comes to staying sober. He has gone in and out of rehabs faster than you would think possible. Finding excuses to use drugs again and eventually hit rock bottom seem to be his only skills in life. After what seemed to be an infinite struggle with himself, Nic finally pulls through and stays sober. His book shows these hardships and how he deals with them on the road to recovery. Some of his decisions are well thought-out, and others, not so much. He keeps the story alive by believing in a higher power, his passion for living and his love of others. While sober, he continues to be painfully aware of how much he has hurt others by using, especially his mom. "Sometimes I think she would just

Jude Hassan and Chris Herren were both in different situations with a drug addiction. Both of them had their addiction take them to a whole new different level in their lives. Jude Hassan, in Suburban Junky, was just a sophomore in high school when exposed to marijuana. While Chris Herren was just a freshman star basketball player at Boston College, he was exposed to cocaine. Both of their “small” addictions turned their whole lives up-side down when they were introduced to heroin. Jude and Chris didn’t really admit to their addiction until it was almost over.

21 year old Nic Sheff with an extended history of drug use has finally been sober for a little over a year but that soon changes. In and out of rehab centers and 12 step programs Nic began experimenting with drugs at quite a young age beginning with alcohol at age 11 closely followed by Marijuana at age 12. As Nic becomes older the drugs become more lethal from heroin to crystal meth. One day in the city of San Francisco Nic runs into an old friend, Lauren. Lauren and Nic soon follow that meet with a drug dealer named Gack and pick up a gram of crystal meth. What follows is a chaotic swirl of events.

He tries so hard to quit; however, he can’t. He is addicted to methamphetamine. He’s gone to plenty of rehabs and numerous 8 step programs, but he isn’t strong enough to beat this addiction. He sells stuff he owns for “Just one more hit”. He keeps telling himself this is the last time, but it’s really not because of a side effect called withdrawal, where they experience severe depression, loss of energy and the need to use more. This occurrence happens often 30-90 days. He loses his house because he can’t pay rent because he cannot hold a job. This once straight A student is now living in an alley and is hooked on meth. Now imagine if this was you sleeping in that cold alley with people that made the same mistakes as you. “Everyone starts out innocent, it’s the choices you make that will define who you are,” Going, K. L. "18." Saint Iggy. Orlando:

Owen, F. (2007). No speed limit: The highs and lows of meth. New York, NY: St. Martin's

I fully believe and trust that if he is given another chance he will do great things with his life and you won't regret it or even see him again in this situation or any similar to this. He has a great support system behind him, which well help him to succeed in recovering from his alcoholism. I think him admitting that he has a problem and that he's done wrong is the first step to him doing better and getting better.

Addiction is a condition where an individual is characterized by compulsive engagements, despite the understanding of the ultimate consequence(s). Many individuals result in this fatal condition such as David Sheff’s son, whom David Sheff is the author of Beautiful Boy, a powerful nonfiction memoir. This memoir revolves around Sheff’s journey through his son’s addiction to methamphetamine to the point where he portrayed incorrigible. Sheff, a journalist, wrote this informative memoir to provide insights of how addiction can treat not only the user, but the family and hopefully impart information to help the reader whom may be experiencing a similar situation thus comforting them in an extraordinary way.

As soon as he said those words it became apparent to everyone in the room including myself that this was a very serious and safe environment for something of this importan as soon as he said those words it became apparent to everyone in the room including myself that this was a very serious and safe environment for something of this importance can't be spoken about freely which in itself made me feel as if The process of an addiction treatment group became more real. TV again explaining his story and I immediately began to see myself in a lot of the actions that his high school self was taking, I am mediately could see myself in him. He told us about where "It all started to go wrong." And immediately the room felt like they got heavier. Even though no one was speaking or murmuring before it felt like there was a different tone of silence while he was explaining the more serious effects of his addiction. It made me really scared as well as sorry for him due to how easy it was to stray from the path that seemed so similar to my own.

Jesse had always been a misfit and a screw up. In high school he had done drugs and drank. He had his licensed revoked at a young age because of driving under the influence. That was a good thing considering he was nearly always under the influence. However, when my mother and I were living in Norway, Michigan with Jesse he slowly got better. He was told he had a liver disorder due to his drinking problem a year prior, so he had to go cold turkey. When Jesse was employed at loadmaster, as a welder, was when he was at his most sober point. I don’t remember him drinking any time but Friday and Saturday nights, and sometimes he came straight home from work and went to bed. When he was sober he was a different person, he was more

This reminds me of some people who i used to know who got caught up in the idea that life was better when you were living under the influence. This is similar to what happened in the film because just like Jim they just started experimenting with alcohol or smokes every once and awhile but as they enjoyed it more they would do it more, the more they would do it the less buzz they got so they’d take a bit more or use something different, before they knew it they were out drinking every night and using class A drugs. It started to take over their lives they didn't show up to school, their parents would come home to find them comatosed in bed, they were getting in trouble with the cops, eventually got kicked out of home and when they were didn't have anywhere to go because none of their old friends wanted anything to do with

In Gabor Maté’s “Embraced by the Needle” and Bruce K. Alexander’s “Reframing Canada’s ‘Drug Problem’,” they both discuss addiction. Maté views addiction as an outward manifestation of inward pain (288). People that have had childhood trauma, some without even being aware of it, are more susceptible to addiction if they do not find a healthier way to deal with their pain. Alexander views addicts as people whose lives were dislocated before they even started abusing drugs (226). These people did not connect with their family or community and became isolated and alone. Both Maté and Alexander conclude that emotional pain and childhood trauma is the root cause for addiction, but in Alexander’s case he also believes that addiction is a political problem. They both believe that in order to get over an addiction, one must first address the emotional pain and dislocation that is preventing them from desiring greater health.