Author and journalist David Sheff and his son Nic will discuss his book "Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction," on Thursday, March 4 at 7:00 pm at Seattle's Town Hall. Tickets are $10 / free for students.
Sheff
tells about a teenager's addiction from a parent's point of view--a
real-time chronicle of his son Nic's descent into substance abuse and
the gradual emergence into hope. Before meth, Nic was a varsity
athlete, honor student, and award-winning journalist. After meth, he
was a trembling wraith who stole money from his eight-year-old brother
and lived on the streets. The author traces the first subtle warning
signs, the denial (by both child and parents), the three A.M. phone
calls (is it Nic? the police? the hospital?), the attempts at rehab,
and, at last, the way past addiction. The book is a candid memoir that
brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who
seems beyond help.
Seattle Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., 1-800-838-3006, www.townhallseattle.org/ [map it]
