A wonderfully written and honest memoir about a heartbreaking subject—what it is like for a parent to watch their child become addicted to drugs. David Sheff set his son Nic up for success, yet Nic still became addicted to meth and every other kind of hard drug. How does a parent deal with that grief, loss, anger, fear?

It was particularly interesting to hear this from a father’s perspective. I think so often we hear about a mother’s worry and fear for her child, maybe because we expect to hear that from a mother.

This would be a great book to recommend to parents and family members in similar situations. It would be encouraging to know that they are not the only ones walking this path. Besides it being so honest, realistic, and a path that one could follow, it had good insights from a parent who has been there before. One insight that I hung on to was that relapses are part of the recovery process, and that every step taken towards rehab, etc, statistically does help in the long run.