Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

4 reviews

jessica_luvs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

joharrismay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Nic Sheff is an amazing writer. I enjoyed his book and his fathers very much. Obviously they were hard to read knowing that happened to real life people. I wish they didn’t make this into a movie because people forget that Nic and David are actual people and they went through so much. This book did not hold back anything. It had so many difficult parts. This story is raw, emotional, tense, but also hopeful in a way. I recommend reading both books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

kipibookclub's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

applesaucecreachur's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Before getting into what this book offered, I need to mention the racial descriptions (and unnecessary and inaccurate accents by the audiobook reader), fatphobia, and subtle sexism were all highly offputting. That said, Tweak gives naked insight into one young man's path to, struggle with, and recovery from addiction. I am glad that I read what seems to be an accurate (or at least realistic) account of such an experience. I will carry this with me in my practice as a care-giver. That said, Nic Sheff did not write solely about crime and drug use. He wrote about introspection, spirituality, relationships, meaning, and healing. It may not be a highly necessary book (though maybe D.A.R.E. die-hards would suggest otherwise), but I am grateful nonetheless that I came across it.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Fatphobia