Beautiful Boy in relation to Tweak

         I first read Tweak around six months ago, and realized the true horrors of being a drug addict, and after reading Beautiful Boy it brings you into the world of being related to one. David and Nic take years to battle this disease of addiction that plagued their lives for years after. Nic took many years to recover from his addiction to meth, and it took his father even longer, and one brain explosion. Literally, his head exploded. Nic's addiction affected not only David (Nic's father) but his mother, step mother, step father, grandparents, younger siblings and all of his friends.

         In Beautiful Boy,  Nic is shown at first as a sweet talented, smart boy who gets good grades, is kind to his family and friends, and is, in general, a good kid. Not much of Nic's childhood is shown in Tweak. The small bits that do exist in his book are about his father's previous drug use and his parent's divorce. He shows Jasper and Daisy's childhood (his younger siblings) mostly because they were little when he was still addicted to meth. He describes having great times with them when he was sober, and and them feeling upset when he wasn't. There is one particular scene where Nic steal's Jasper's only eight dollars. This shows that Nic was really willing to give up everything he had, including his younger siblings who loved and adored him so much.

This was not different from David Sheff's book, as David shows Nic breaking into his home, stealing money, forging checks, and doing drugs at night before sleeping in their living room.  The two books end with Nic being sober for two years, relapsing once more, but then finding help immediately. He as not relapsed since, and his family has grown mush closer. And now he and his father have books that are both New York Times bestsellers.