Quote by 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 any kid…

— 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 a self-conscious…

— David Sheff

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

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, and pathetic--has…

— David Sheff

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

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