Beautiful Boy- - A Father-s Journey Through His S... Patched

This is not a story about a father who "saves" his son. Sheff tries everything: therapy, rehab, tough love, gentle love, bailing him out of jail, refusing to bail him out. He is an expert researcher, yet he is a completely powerless father. He writes: “I wanted to scream: ‘I’ll do anything. I’ll die. I’ll kill. I’ll sell my soul. I’ll give up everything I own. I’ll do anything you ask. Just stop.’”

While David Sheff tells his story, his son Nic was writing his own memoir simultaneously, Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines . Reading Beautiful Boy in isolation offers a view from the "war room" of the home front. We see the father pacing, worrying, and cleaning up messes. We see the confusion of the siblings who feel neglected as all attention focuses on the addict. Beautiful Boy- A Father-s Journey Through His S...