reading ur book made mi think about mi life and i kno how u feel im onli 14 and have exprncd alot i kno im way too yung for that yes i did get in trouble for it and i was only exprncin it hurt but good ur book made mii feel like i wasnt the onli person in life with issues and there are ways too cur it but life is much too short to let go of ur experinces or not exprnc at all ....
ur book was great ..........
--tl
12/29 |
YOUR BOOK WAS GOOD WHEN I READ IT ..IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THINGS AND PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THE WORLD NOT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE PERFECT AND TRY AS HARD TO BE BETTER BUT ITS OK I MEAN MII FAMILYS THE SAME WAY YOUR BOOK MADE ME FEEL HAPPI ABOUT MISELF WEN I HADE A SIMILER PROBLEM BUT LIFE AND PEOPLE BRANG IT BACK DOWN 2 THE BOTTEM BUT YAH I LOVED IT.....
--ML
12/29 |
i read your book.
a lotta things i can relate to.
certain things you said sounded like you were living my life 2 years ago.
being clean, it definitely isnt a roller coaster compared to using.
but its better. i used relationships as an escape, thinking they were the only ones who could judge me.
letting people in...its so, so hard, nic.
i love not having to hide anything anymore.
its the worst things that you learn the most from.
youre so much like me.
--SM
09/16 |
Mr. Sheff,
I read Tweak and am completely blown away. No one has ever described the feelings of withdrawal from those drugs as accurately as you have. I'm only 16 years old, but I've been doing heroin for a few months and meth for a few weeks. I'm completely out of control and I feel like there's nothing I can do, no hope. Thank you for showing me that I can't just sit back and wait for death, I have to do something and regain my life. I don't want to exist.. I want to live.
--AZ
08/11 |
Nic Sheff,
I don't even know you, but from what I've read so far I feel really in touch with you. When you describe your emotions, alot of time I can relate. I've never had a drug problem before but I can feel what you say. I admire the fact that you were able to be open about your past like that, I know not alot of people could do that.
You really are an inpiration. If I lived in LA I would probably even try to contact you or something, but I don't live in LA so that's probably not gonna happen.
But really, thanks. You shed a whole new light on life itself.
if you ever want to get in touch with me (not that i really expect you to) but my email is;
ballerina-in-a-box@hotmail.com
Thank you, Nic Sheff, your great.
--EG
04/30 |
I absolutly LOVED this book.. I have been through a lot of addiction problems with Herion, and Meth just like him.. I loved the way he wrote it, and it totally explains how it feels to be on the side were on when no one understands how we feel going through all this crap. And actually id like to talk to you nic, im not sure if you guys read these, but You inspire me man im like a two weeks clean right now, my husband just relapsed yesterday.. not me tho. and were on Methadone. Such a waist. anyway, please email me back if you can, id love to hear from you. Im a female, 25 from Cathedral city, ca.. close to La. i just loved ur book man. thank you for writing it. Now im going to read your dads side.. good luck man, hope you stay clean. NikiRhiannon@Yahoo.com :) Hope to hear back
--NM
03/21 |
I just read your fathers book and am now reading yours I also listend to your interview on Fresh Air. As a recovering alchaholic I understand the trials of recovery. You are a miracle and I wish you and your father, step mother, mother and Daisy and Jasper a full recovery. You have all worked too hard to not pull through.
Jb
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03/04 |
found this story after reading the NY Times article about the author and his father-- and their recent books. Alcoholic here, but my real wish is to be a meth addict. the booze is just a way to keep the speed addiction at bay. the only time I've ever used meth is for sex. anyways, nice work tweaker, I take it you are reformed. congrats, hopefully I can share the sobriety you now enjoy (according to said newspaper).
--KFB
02/26 |
Wow. All of these stories are pretty good. Serge Gainsbourg smoked gitanes. Nabokov smoked galoises, I believe, before he forsook them for mass-produced bonbons. What is it with French cigarettes? Has the author read that Nabokov story, 'A Matter of Chance'? The protagonist in that story is addicted to cocaine, I think.
--ii
06/29 |
Blown away by a very cool story, intensely well written. The guy in feedback whois ranting about drugs doesn't get it. Drugs are an evil force, and facing them, as this author does -- tentatively, realistically, fearfully, respectfully -- is exactly what it feels like to take them on. ANyoen who takes on drugs and wins is a hero in my book. Besides all that, this guy can really write--one of the best stories I've read in awhile. Like the best writing, it made me think, made me feel.
--LL
06/19 |
I'm in AA too. will you publish my share?
--fabu
06/07 |
so can i marry the author yet?
--LH
06/07 |
What an incredible, immediate, piece. Mr. Sheff has a real gift and I hope that he continues to pursue both his writing and his education. This was, in my mind, the best piece I have read on Nerve is some time. Kudos on the issue in general; it's nice to see some heartfelt and authentic work here again...
--DAD
06/06 |
Loved it, very well written.
--br
06/04 |
freakin bullshit!
i'm more than tired of the advertisement of drugs as if they were candy.
i'm not from the states but i spent enought time there in order to judge that drugs do not get the respect they deserve. during my year in sf i didn't have a single friend that was not involved with coke, extasy or acid. my 40-year-old roommate was in rehab for crack. when he was off that he became an alcoholic. my other roommate (35) and pretty much all of his friends i met did extasy on the weekends just sitting at home watching tv, as if pills were freakin popcorn.
why is it that the us have commercials on the radio that promote you'll die from smoking cigarettes but not from doing drugs? or is it cause drugs, unlike cigarettes will keep your teeth white?
someone may explain it to me without sounding dumb.
--mfg
06/04 |
Read the story and loved it. Wish I could get in contact with Nicolas Eliot Sheff via email. Italianpip@aol.com
--NPQ
06/04 |
Very well written, thanks for sharing with.....
--JR
06/04 |
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