Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

40 reviews

littleseal's review against another edition

This was a hard fucking read. I had to put it down several times for a variety of reasons: the explicit discussion about drug abuse (I actually hyperventilated during one scene), the anger I felt towards the addiction, and life getting in the way.

I applaud anyone who can work with people with drug addiction. It's a hard thing to deal with, and why I stay pretty far away from it as a therapist. I wanted to scream when Nic was with 'Zelda'. 'Lauren' seemed like a walk in the park compared to the issues 'Zelda' brought out in Nic.

If you have a weak stomach, proceed with caution. However, I do feel that this book gave me pretty great insight into the world of addiction. Will I work with clients who abuse drugs? Probably not. But I can still appreciate the writing.

Side note, it was hilarious that James Frey book was mentioned since that was also a addiction book that turned out to be fake. I haven't seen anything about this one being fake, so going to hope it isn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jams_is_rad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A must read if you want to understand addiction and its power from the perspective of someone who's life has been ripped apart by addiction 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

jasperreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Blood

annoyedbabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It takes a really good book to get 5 stars from me, and this one got me right away. Heartbreaking to hear about the horrors of addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

tetedump's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bellalang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

tamarakraljevic's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

addyson_raelynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I could not set this book down. I started it on a whim one night and finished it two days later. I read Beautiful Boy a couple years ago and absolutely loved it, and I feel the same about this book. My dad was an addict off and on from high school to his 30’s (I think?). He’s been clean and sober for many years now and I’m so proud of him, but since knowing and seeing his history, I have alway been curious and leaned toward reading books and consuming media about addiction. Tweak is hard to read. I think if you or someone you know has struggled with addiction, you can’t help but think about them when you’re reading stuff like this. But even still, this is genuinely one of the best memoirs I’ve ever read. It’s so deeply honest. Nic is a phenomenal writer and artist. I admire him for telling his story without holding back. 
This is a long winded review, but this book is worth your time, if you’ve thought about picking it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

coralma's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence