smdamm 's review for:

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx

4.0

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This book was WILD. There is probably embellishment everywhere but regardless, it’s fascinating storytelling with some interesting insights or rather behind the scenes look in the mind of an addict. Nikki’s obvious self loathing and perpetual self inflicted loneliness is so heartbreaking and juxtaposed between bouts of dark comedy about the whole situation. It sheds light on how someone can spiral out of control seemingly without anyone noticing or doing anything about it. I got a sense of the embarrassment from his actions but a lack of tools to do anything to stop. You could almost call it a must read in a time where America is reeling from an opioid epidemic.