Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

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Der Knabe (in German). Translated by Sylvia Strasser. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg Verlag [ de]. 2003. ISBN 978-3-8067-2920-7.

This is a brilliant, harrowing, heart-breaking, fascinating book, full of beautiful moments and hard-fought wisdom. It's going to save a lot of lives, and help heal a lot of hearts. I absolutely could not put it down: I read it straight through in two nights.” Sheff, David (2009). Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 149. ISBN 978-0547347929.

a b Sheff, David. "David Sheff On Addiction: Prevention, Treatment And Staying 'Clean' ". NPR.org. NPR. Yes. Sheff, who is a straight man, says that he also did it to feel wanted and to find value in himself. "I mean, don’t get me wrong, I needed the money. But, more than anything else, I wanted to feel beautiful," says Sheff. "I could’ve made money in other ways. Prostitution was something I wanted to do. That sounds crazy f**ked up, but it’s true. And when I was out there, you know, hustling, I’m telling you, a lot of the kids I met were just like me. They wanted to feel like I wanted to feel. They wanted to feel wanted."

Beautiful Boy was based on Sheff's article, "My Addicted Son", that first appeared in the New York Times Magazine. [10] Film and Television Tax Credit Program Program 2.0 (PDF) (Report). California Film Commission. p.9. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2017 . Retrieved October 4, 2018. Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0312254643.Hubbard, Sue (10 October 2003). " The Boy, by Germaine Greer". The Independent . Retrieved 19 April 2022. Harris, Hunter (October 23, 2018). "Yes, the Beautiful Boy House Is the Same As the Big Little Lies House". Vulture.com . Retrieved October 24, 2018. How is it that, today, I actually don’t totally hate myself?" Nic said in an article he penned for The Fix. "The only thing I can say is that I actually started listening and started doing what those counselors and psychiatrists and people in meetings were telling me to do. Hell, it was no big secret. They’d been prescribing me medication, telling me what outpatient groups to go to, what doctors to see, what steps to take. I just didn’t listen. I didn’t listen and I didn’t believe." a b O'Byrne, Robert (11 October 2003). "Messed up about a boy". The Irish Times . Retrieved 19 April 2022. D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 15, 2018). "Steve Carell & Timothée Chalamet Title 'Beautiful Boy' Sets Fall Release". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 15, 2018.