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Tweak Nic Sheff Methamphetamines Summary

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Tweak: growing up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff This book was an amazing book and educational read. It takes you through the ins and outs of drug abuse here in America. It makes you look at the world from a different view, a more sympathetic view, a caring view, a down right straight forward type view. It has twisted and vicious first-hand account about a life of addiction. As David Rothenburg stated “People tend to accept survival of the fittest simplification of evolution and leave it at that. It makes most of us proud and uncomfortable at the same time. (302) Survival of the fittest is a big part of what drug addicts go through on a day to day basis just to survive or get the next fix which leaves them vulnerable and in a dangerous position. This book is not for those with a weak stomach because it is not just a glimpse into an addict's life, it is an addict's life coming to light on every page.
Just like so many young people these days, Nic sheff ended up on drugs and his drug of choice was methamphetamine. Sadly, before he even had the chance to become an adult his addiction and self-worth grew deeper and deeper into despair. With hopelessness and addiction …show more content…

Not many people would be brave enough to tell their own stories of the trials and tribulations that is associated with drug abuse but he told his story without holding anything back. As Tim Gunn states “There’s nothing harder than living life as someone you are not, even if being what you are is very hard.” (316) The reality of drug addiction is that you do not live life as who you are but instead as a slave to the drugs that your consuming. Meth addiction is a horrible and very terrifying illness but to go through it feeling all alone is even worse. The effects from doing meth are everlasting, not only to the user’s bodies but also to their spirit and their

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