Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

14 reviews

tamarakraljevic's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

coralma's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

taylorgraves555's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, and Addiction

Moderate: Cursing, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

jessica_luvs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide, and Abandonment

kather_doc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity and Self harm

cleo_j's review

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

kipibookclub's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Mental illness, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

rabidmilfs's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

best book i have ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Before getting into what this book offered, I need to mention the racial descriptions (and unnecessary and inaccurate accents by the audiobook reader), fatphobia, and subtle sexism were all highly offputting. That said, Tweak gives naked insight into one young man's path to, struggle with, and recovery from addiction. I am glad that I read what seems to be an accurate (or at least realistic) account of such an experience. I will carry this with me in my practice as a care-giver. That said, Nic Sheff did not write solely about crime and drug use. He wrote about introspection, spirituality, relationships, meaning, and healing. It may not be a highly necessary book (though maybe D.A.R.E. die-hards would suggest otherwise), but I am grateful nonetheless that I came across it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Drug use, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Infidelity, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fatphobia and Adult/minor relationship