Rating: ★★★★★ (Essential reading) Genre: Memoir / Psychology / Parenting Trigger Warnings: Drug use, relapse, emotional distress
That is the gift of this book. It is not a how-to guide for fixing an addict. It is a survival guide for the people who love them. Beautiful Boy- A Father-s Journey Through His S...
David Sheff writes in the epilogue: “I look at my son and I see the boy I loved then and the man I love now. I am filled with awe. He is a survivor. We both are.” David Sheff writes in the epilogue: “I look
Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction is not an easy read. It is not supposed to be. It is a jagged, beautiful, and devastating account of watching someone you love more than life itself slowly turn into a stranger. We both are
There is a specific kind of terror that lives in the heart of a parent. It is the knowledge that you would walk through fire for your child, but you cannot breathe for them. You cannot think for them. And, as David Sheff discovered, you cannot stop using drugs for them.