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Bay Area-based journalist David Sheff and his son Nic Sheff have both written memoirs on their struggles with Nic's methamphetamine addiction. They join us to talk about the books — and about how ...

Reading David Sheff’s memoir Beautiful Boy about surviving the years his family faced the addiction of his oldest son, Nic, I was struck by Sheff’s detailed description of the phases of grief he went ...

After his desperate grappling with his son’s drug abuse, author and journalist David Sheff could not let go of the topic of addiction. His new book, “Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s ...

David Sheff knows he's one of the lucky ones. His kid didn't die. He's reminded of that every day, as he and his 25-year-old son, Nic, travel the country to talk about Nic's meth addiction and ongoing ...

Nic Sheff was sitting next to his father, David, as he recounted one of the lowest moments in his life. It was the time when Nic, college-aged and living in his father’s home, observed his little ...

David Sheff wrote a book in 2008 that became a kind of landmark. Beautiful Boy was a painful, personal story of the battle he tried to fight with and alongside his son, Nic, who was addicted to ...

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(Excerpted from ALONE TOGETHER: Stories of Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19, edited by Jennifer Haupt.) Reading David Sheff’s memoir Beautiful Boy about surviving the years his family ...