Book Review: Heroin Diaries

Okay Let me start off by saying this book is not for everyone. If you're someone who simply can't tolerate reading harsh language you will not enjoy this book. I'm very fortunate to help out with The Open Door here in Hattiesburg. Many of the people who come through our doors are in recovery. They are recovering from some type of addiction. This book is basically a diary kept by Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue fame during one year from Christmas to Christmas. As someone who had a drug addicted and alcohol addicted father I found the book incredibly raw and interesting. I was too young to really understand what life with my father was like so this is the first glance I really got into what an addict deals with, feels like, and experiences on a day to day basis. As I said, the book is very raw there is some course language in the book but nothing worse than you would hear at the London Airport. It's a very candid glimpse into what addiction looks like for those who haven't seen it first hand. There's a section of the book where Nikki talks about being so high he was paranoid and locked himself in his closet with a shotgun for protection. For me this book allowed me insight into a world I had only heard of before. The struggles with addiction have lead Sixx to work and help free others from the hellish nightmare that is addiction.