Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
by Nic Sheff
About the Book
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Discussion Guide
1. What are some of the reasons that Nic gives for turning to drugs? What are his insecurities? In what ways do the drugs
help him to escape these?
2. Is Nic happy when he is on drugs? Does he enjoy his life at these times? What does he mean when he calls his
addiction a "horrible vicious cycle"?
3. When Nic relapses in LA in the second part of the book, what is his reason for using again? Were the other people in
his life surprised that he relapsed? Was he? Did you see the relapse coming? Why or why not?
4. What does Nic want from his father? Why does his father react to Nic the way he does? How much do you think Nic's
childhood relationship with his father contributed to his addiction?
5. What does it mean for Nic to give himself over to a higher power? Why is it so difficult for him to do this?
6. A number of the people in the book come close to dying --- Lauren ODs on heroin, Spencer gets meningitis, and Nic
suffers through various overdoses and infections. How do these brushes with death affect Nic's outlook on life? Does he
ever believe that any of these people are actually going to die? How does Nic react when Jordan really does die?
