Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Like most people I knew, I thought drug addicts were the kinds of people we see in doorways in neighbourhoods most of… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
I finally stopped worrying what people would think. I found out that almost everybody has some secret, some dark fear that if… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
One of my dearest friends is alive only because of AA. But it doesn't help a lot of people. And everyone is… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
So many times in the middle of an interview I've had people say, 'Can we go off the record?' — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Twelve-step programs require people to accept their powerlessness and turn their lives over to God or another higher power. Many adolescents question… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
I'd heard about rehab, where you send people with drug problems, but I soon learned that there's no standard definition of it;… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
The tragic fact is that with addiction, like many other illnesses, sometimes you can do everything right and people die. — 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
