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 SHOULD BE CALLED DELUSIONAL FATHER What do you get with a self obsessed obsiquis writer? This book... a typical marin lib that doesnt get it. Gee your son is wasted...what do you do...smoke a joint with him...good work pops. this book drolls on with hip passages of writers,lyrics,and scientific quotes but misses every point....the father screws his sons life with divorce and lack of higher power. dont buy the book ...at first sign your child is doing dope put them in a rehab program for at least 6 months.  A Father's Great Love Beautiful Boy is often times repetitive and much slower than Tweak, Nic Sheff's memoir of his own addiction. David Sheff's story is one of fearful anticipation and waiting. Waiting to hear from the police about Nic's latest crime. Waiting to hear from the hospital to see if Nic survived the night. Waiting to hear from Nic to know that he is alive. It took three days for me to read Beautiful Boy. I just couldn't stay inside David Sheff's anguish for too long at a time. David really loves his son, and Nic really loves his father, but against methamphetamines, their love is just not strong enough. All David Sheff can do is cautiously hope that his son will be one of the ones to beat his addiction. All David Sheff can do is "step back, be supportive, but let Nic's recovery be his recovery as we work on creating healthy, as Nic describes them, loving and supportive but independent relationships." He has no choice but to let his beautiful boy go and find his own life. For the rest of this review and others, see my site.  beautiful boy This is a woundeful book. I pray that anyone that goes through a family member that has an addiction will find this book. intense, yet very necessary reading I picked this book up on Friday, began reading it on my bus commute home, and kept reading it until I had it finished at 1:00 AM. Not only was it powerfully written, but it was also candidly written. David didn't hold back at all, and I think his decision to put it all out there was definitely the right decision. When reading this, you can see how David eventually goes from being broken to healing, you can see how heinous meth addiction is for Nic, and you can see that addiction is really a problem that effects everyone and not just the addict. I think this should be required reading for anyone who is going through the rehabilitation process with someone they love, and it should be required reading for someone who is in recovery to give some perspective on how addiction really touches everyone involved with that person. I found myself rooting for David, Nic, and the rest of the family when I finished this book, and I'll continue to root for them. Seriously- if you choose to pick up this book you will NOT be sorry. | |||||||||||||