Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.' — David Sheff Copy Share Image
The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that any kid… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink. — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Nick's mother and I were attentive, probably overly attentive - part of the first wave of parents obsessed with our children in a self-conscious… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Having been hit by drug addiction, knowing how many are hit by it and what a big problem it is in our neighborhoods and… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Here's a note to the parents of addicted children: Choose your music carefully...There are millions of treacherous moments. — David Sheff Copy Share Image
This stigma associated with drug use--the belief that bad kids use, good kids don't, and those with full-blown addiction are weak, dissolute, and pathetic--has… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
It's hard to find someone who did as many drugs for as long and in such dangerous combinations as Nic - spending years going… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
I chose a rehab center for Nic that was recommended by a friend who had sent her son there. The program lasted 28 days,… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
