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Zusatztext "[This book] never assigns blame to users, and it discusses such topics as marijuana legalization and opioid addiction without bias."-- Kirkus   " His powerful story will hopefully inspire young people in similar circumstances to seek help."-- Booklist    "An informative overview of teen drug use."-- School Library Journal Informationen zum Autor DAVID SHEFF is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times  best-selling memoir Beautiful Boy . His writing has appeared in the New York Times , the New York Times Magazine , Rolling Stone , Playboy , Wired , and many other publications. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit David at DavidSheff.com, and on Twitter @david_sheff.   Nic Sheff is the author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008),  We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction (2011), and the young adult novel Schizo (2014). He is a contributor to TheFix.com, and recently wrote an episode of Netflix hit show 13 Reasons Why . He lives in Beverly Hills. Visit Nic on Twitter @nic_sheff. Klappentext Just Say Know! With drug education for children more important than ever, this nonfiction book draws on the experiences of the NY Times bestselling father/son team of David and Nic Sheff to provide all the information teens and tweens need to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction. From David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy (2008), and Nic Sheff, author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008), comes the ultimate resource for learning about the realities of drugs and alcohol for middle grade readers. This book tells it as it is, with testimonials from peers who have been there and families who have lived through the addiction of a loved one, along with the cold, hard facts about what drugs and alcohol do to our bodies. From how to navigate peer pressure to outlets for stress to the potential consequences for experimenting, Nic and David Sheff lay out the facts so that middle grade readers can educate themselves. CHAPTER ONE Nic’s Story and Why We Wrote This Book When you’re an addict, you can go without feeling anything except drunk or stoned or hungry. Still, when you compare this to other feelings—to sadness, anger, fear, worry, despair, and depression, well, an addiction no longer looks so bad. It looks like a very viable option.      —CHUCK PALAHNIUK BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. When I was growing up in San Francisco, it felt like everyone smoked pot. They smoked it walking down the street. They smoked it at school. Some of my parents’ friends even smoked. So when I was twelve and one of my friends offered to “smoke me out,” it felt like no big deal.      We walked down to the park behind the soccer field. My friend passed the pipe to me, and I hit it without really thinking. Almost instantly—pretty much as soon as the drug hit me—I felt a sense of relief.      I think that relief came because pot helped blunt a feeling I’d had my whole life that something was wrong with me. On the outside, everything looked good. I was popular and did well in school. But inside, I was scared and insecure and totally uncomfortable in my own skin. I walked through life like I wore my nerves on the outside of my body. Everything was too much to handle, and the world seemed overwhelming and abrasive. I’d look in the mirror, and the image looking back struck me as ugly, weak, and pathetic.      Smoking pot changed that. When I smoked, I felt confident and strong. I could slip out of my bubble of insecurity and go to parties, talk to girls. Pot helped me see a different person i...

Über den Autor / die Autorin

DAVID SHEFF is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times best-selling memoir Beautiful Boy. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, and many other publications. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit David at DavidSheff.com, and on Twitter @david_sheff.

 Nic Sheff is the author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (2008), We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction (2011), and the young adult novel Schizo (2014). He is a contributor to TheFix.com, and recently wrote an episode of Netflix hit show 13 Reasons Why. He lives in Beverly Hills. Visit Nic on Twitter @nic_sheff.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Sheff, Nic Sheff, Sheff David, Sheff Nic
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 10 Jahren
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780544644342
• ISBN: 978-0-544-64434-2
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 220 mm x 18 mm
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher > Mensch; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Family / Parents