David Sheff

I was ashamed. My son is a drug addict. What does this mean about me?

— David Sheff

Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.'

— David Sheff

Well, addiction does start with a choice.

— David Sheff

Some parents want to be popular, but that's not their job.

— David Sheff

The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that…

— David Sheff

When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.

— David Sheff

Nick's mother and I were attentive, probably overly attentive - part of the first wave of parents obsessed with our children in…

— David Sheff

Having been hit by drug addiction, knowing how many are hit by it and what a big problem it is in our…

— David Sheff

Here's a note to the parents of addicted children: Choose your music carefully...There are millions of treacherous moments.

— David Sheff

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,…

— David Sheff

It's hard to find someone who did as many drugs for as long and in such dangerous combinations as Nic - spending…

— David Sheff

I chose a rehab center for Nic that was recommended by a friend who had sent her son there. The program lasted…

— David Sheff

“In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He was quoting a Neil Young…

— David Sheff

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as…

— David Sheff

If a child had another disease, we'd be open about what we were going through, but addiction is stigmatised and comes with…

— David Sheff

A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.

— David Sheff

I totally believe parents should talk to their kids about drugs. I totally believe that educating them in every way is really…

— David Sheff

“teenagers are almost a different species than the rest of us, particularly in social situations.”

— David Sheff

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.

— David Sheff

I came to understand that Nic on drugs was not the Nic I knew and trusted. Nic on drugs was somebody else.…

— David Sheff

The rest of the world may devour Japanese hardware - from Honda Civics to Sony Walkmans - but Japanese software, such as…

— David Sheff

Though addiction is a disease - a brain disease that's often progressive - addicts who relapse are often blamed.

— David Sheff

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

At some point, parents may become inured to a child's self-destruction, but I never did.

— David Sheff

“That's when it struck me that I can't take my life as long as I can still laugh.”

— David Sheff