Recently, I have begun reading Tweak, by Nic Sheff. The book
is a personal memoir about how Nic deals with his addiction to several drugs
including Methamphetamines, Cannabis, and Heroin. It also shows the effects of
drugs not only on the abusers physical and mental state but also on the friends
and families. Nic receives most of his drugs through his drug addicted friends,
and continues to use so many until he finds the one that will give him that “first
high.” However what I find interesting in the book is that at certain times Nic
will try to get himself clean, yet he doesn’t push himself to do so, and
continues his extreme drug addiction.
I don’t have firsthand knowledge of how hard it is to become
unaddicted from any drug and hope to keep it that way, but if Nic really wanted
to pursue his dreams of becoming a bestselling author (which he does) I think
that he could have done this long before. From what I read so far in the book,
it seems 100% possible for anyone to get off drugs. However, it’s just a matter
of how much they want to succeed in their passion and life. Nic always talks
about his writing to his friends and how one day he’ll be famous. But it’s also
a matter of saying something from doing something. As I continue to read, I’ll
be extremely interested to see how Nic pushes himself to reach is goal as a
writer.
