Mi hijo precioso: El viaje de un padre a través de la adicción de su hijo Paperback - 2009

Ahora en la gran pantalla
Protagonizada por Steve Carell, Timothe Chalamet, Maura Tierney y Amy Ryan
Qu le pas a mi hijo precioso? A nuestra familia? En qu me equivoqu? Esas son las tormentosas preguntas que acompaan a David Sheff en su viaje a travs de la adiccin a las drogas y los intentos de desintoxicarse de su hijo Nic. Antes de hacerse adicto a las drogas, Nic Sheff era un nio encantador, alegre y simptico. Adorado por todos, era un buen estudiante y un gran atleta. Pero las metanfetaminas le convirtieron en un tembloroso espectro que menta, robaba y lleg a vivir en las calles. David Sheff traza las primeras seales de alarma, la negacin, la llamada a las 3 de la maana --ser Nic? la polica? el hospital? Su preocupacin obsesiva por Nic se convirti en otro tipo de adiccin, tambin con trgicas consecuencias.

Mi hijo precioso es una crnica entraable y aterradora sobre cmo las adicciones no slo daan a los adictos, sino a todos los que les rodean. David Sheff ha escrito un poderoso y conmovedor retrato de familia, ahora adaptado para la gran pantalla y protagonizado por Steve Carrell y Timothe Chalamet.

"Una historia brillante, desgarradora, desgarradora y fascinante, llena de hermosos momentos y sabidura ganada con esfuerzo. Este libro salvar muchas vidas y curar muchos corazones ". - Anne Lamott

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"A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." -- Anne Lamott

"'When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our own pain and that of others.' That's ultimately what Beautiful Boy is about: truth and healing." -- Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia

What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m. phone calls--is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself. But as a journalist, he instinctively researched every treatment that might save his son. And he refused to give up on Nic.

"Filled with compelling anecdotes and important insights . . . An eye-opening memoir." -- Washington Post