“That's when it struck me that I can't take my life as long as I can still laugh.” — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good. — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Certain people are more likely to use drugs because of whatever it is: They've suffered some trauma in their life. They have… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
My son is living proof that those like him can not only be treated, but can live lives free of the pain… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
This idea that some kids have now in some communities that if they haven't filled out their college resumes by the time… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“But here’s the rub of addiction. By its nature, people afflicted are unable to do what, from the outside, appears to be… — 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
