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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Wow. This book was my ultimate favorite..well, almost. It is a tie between this book and the Gentlemen Bastard series by Scott Lynch. Nikki Sixx's disturbing, yet captivating autobiography will have Crue fans, as well as readers not from the musical audience in a mixture of laughing, crying, and reflection. This book will open your eyes and make you see that life is beautiful ("Life is Beautiful" by Sixx: A.M.).
I never truly knew who Nikki Sixx was as a person. I just always knew he was Motley Crue's bassist. When I picked this book up, I expected boring tour tales. Unlike many musicians, however, Sixx caught my attention from the Foreword and I was HOOKED. I'm telling you to READ THIS BOOK!!!
I never truly knew who Nikki Sixx was as a person. I just always knew he was Motley Crue's bassist. When I picked this book up, I expected boring tour tales. Unlike many musicians, however, Sixx caught my attention from the Foreword and I was HOOKED. I'm telling you to READ THIS BOOK!!!
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I just can't with this book. If I have to hear him complain about how his parents treated him I was going to scream. Plus he's such a disgusting human being. It's disgusting the many times I had to read that he took toilet water out to shoot up with. The books just no good. The way he goes on and on and on about himself is so annoying and I get that it's a journal and that's what you do, you write about yourself I totally get that. It's just the way he talks about himself like he's so wonderful. I only read this book to fill in the blanks in between the dirt because I was curious what was going on with Nikki while everyone else was doing stuff. I hate Nikki Sixx. He's a horrible person outside of his drug addiction I still think he is. The way he treats women and the the way he talks about them I still believe that's what he thinks. I dnfed this book at 50%. I just can't go on reading about how this white, elrich dude can score drugs and women.
This is an honest look into the life of a man who struggled with depression, addiction, and the pressure of fame. Nikki Sixx gives an accurate depiction of the downward spiral of depression and the terrifying fears attached to it, whether your a drug addict or not. From the discontent in ones on skin, the haunting feelings and inner thoughts (or demons), to the anxiety brought on from a mundane routine where your left to your thoughts and want to get home to the panic of being alone in your own home. The very real connection to self medicating/ treating the pain in any means necessary and disregarding how or who it effects. He captures through his entries and the tid bits of others recounts, that while some think they are screaming for help not everyone around them sees that or wants to get involved. A truly engaging story of the life of a man who has been able to turn his life around from a hazy, chaotic, debauch rockstar into a music/creativy icon today.
AWESOME! Just a really good, really emotional account of his life on drugs. It was amusing but painful and just really, really good.
Crazier than I ever imagined it would be. Painfully honest.
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As expected, a book of diaries written during the darkest and lowest points of a Rockstars life would be dark, depressing, and a little gruesome. However, Sixx managed to turn this dark and shattered past into an uplifting and inspiring ending. Not for the faint of heart, it gets pretty graphic.
Absolutely AMAZING. I may be a touch biased due to the fact that I have been a Motley Crue/Nikki Sixx fan since I was a about 6 years old, but as far as biographies go, this is an absolute MUST read.
The diaries take place between 1986 and 1987, and chronicles Nikki's drug and alcohol abuse at the lowest point in his addiction. Each diary entry has a commentary from Nikki, and anyone else who can recall those moments, which fills in all the holes and gives all the dirty details of life as one of the biggest Rock Stars of the time.
The diaries take place between 1986 and 1987, and chronicles Nikki's drug and alcohol abuse at the lowest point in his addiction. Each diary entry has a commentary from Nikki, and anyone else who can recall those moments, which fills in all the holes and gives all the dirty details of life as one of the biggest Rock Stars of the time.
I've read this book twice. Both times it earned its 5 stars. I credit this book as being the thing that REALLY got me into studying addiction and how it effected the brain. It had such a positive influence on my own writing as well. Hell, when I wrote my letter of interest that got me into the program to BECOME a substance abuse counselor, I cited this book as an influence. Addiction fascinates me, as much as it saddens me for how tragic it is. But Nikki Sixx is also a beacon of success. This is one recovering addict that has been through hell and back, and literally died because of his addiction. He recovered. He relapsed. And he recovered again. While this book doesn't get a ton into his recovery, there are enough interviews from the Mötley Crüe icon and a plethora of material since then to highlight that journey.
I don't remember how I found out about the book. I was young, the first time I read it. And probably didn't understand the half of it. I'm surprised my parents even let me read it, considering they were fans of Crüe and knew exactly what kind of content I'd be getting from this. But hey, they let me. I was just getting into Crüe myself. Although actually, I think I discovered this book because I discovered Sixx: A.M. first. Anyway, that's unimportant.
I know some people debate on whether or not the journal entries Sixx included were real or not. But I like to think they're true. We aren't getting a recount of Sixx's addiction through his sober mind (although we get snippets of that every now and then, as well as from other people close to Sixx). We get his thoughts literally as they happened. The thoughts he had while in the midst of his addiction. We see his ups and downs. The struggle he has with heroin. The damage it does to his relationships and his career and how he reacts to and copes with that. It's raw. It's vulnerable. And triggering to those in recovery who aren't ready to read something like this. But that's to be expected. In short, this book is powerful.
The second time I read it was just before I began my internship to become a substance abuse counselor. That time, I understood it a hell of a lot more than I did when I was 15 or 16. And I think if I were to read it again now, I'd have even more appreciation for Sixx and him sharing his journey than I did even then.
Yes, a lot of this book is the sex, drugs, and rock n roll lifestyle that's to be expected of a glam metal icon. You're going to delve into reckless behaviors and be whisked away by life in the 80s. But you're also going to get a complete picture of what it's like to live as a heroin addict, and the struggle between wanting to use and wanting to get clean, and the indifference towards either on top of it all. You're also going to get a book that looks incredible on every page. Seriously, whoever designed this book gets an A+. It's both disturbing and beautiful to look at.
This is the book I recommend to people when they want to learn more about the mind of an addict. Because these journal entries comes directly from that mind. We don't see the hindsight. There is no sugar coating it. We see the whole thing as it is. And we can fill in the gaps ourselves. So read it. I think it's worth your time, and it stands out compared to some of the other memoirs out there by metal icons. It's definitely one of the better ones.
I don't remember how I found out about the book. I was young, the first time I read it. And probably didn't understand the half of it. I'm surprised my parents even let me read it, considering they were fans of Crüe and knew exactly what kind of content I'd be getting from this. But hey, they let me. I was just getting into Crüe myself. Although actually, I think I discovered this book because I discovered Sixx: A.M. first. Anyway, that's unimportant.
I know some people debate on whether or not the journal entries Sixx included were real or not. But I like to think they're true. We aren't getting a recount of Sixx's addiction through his sober mind (although we get snippets of that every now and then, as well as from other people close to Sixx). We get his thoughts literally as they happened. The thoughts he had while in the midst of his addiction. We see his ups and downs. The struggle he has with heroin. The damage it does to his relationships and his career and how he reacts to and copes with that. It's raw. It's vulnerable. And triggering to those in recovery who aren't ready to read something like this. But that's to be expected. In short, this book is powerful.
The second time I read it was just before I began my internship to become a substance abuse counselor. That time, I understood it a hell of a lot more than I did when I was 15 or 16. And I think if I were to read it again now, I'd have even more appreciation for Sixx and him sharing his journey than I did even then.
Yes, a lot of this book is the sex, drugs, and rock n roll lifestyle that's to be expected of a glam metal icon. You're going to delve into reckless behaviors and be whisked away by life in the 80s. But you're also going to get a complete picture of what it's like to live as a heroin addict, and the struggle between wanting to use and wanting to get clean, and the indifference towards either on top of it all. You're also going to get a book that looks incredible on every page. Seriously, whoever designed this book gets an A+. It's both disturbing and beautiful to look at.
This is the book I recommend to people when they want to learn more about the mind of an addict. Because these journal entries comes directly from that mind. We don't see the hindsight. There is no sugar coating it. We see the whole thing as it is. And we can fill in the gaps ourselves. So read it. I think it's worth your time, and it stands out compared to some of the other memoirs out there by metal icons. It's definitely one of the better ones.
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inspiring
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medium-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail