When he was on the streets, I was consumed with Nic. I was obsessed with him to the point that I could barely function. David Sheff Read Quote
I finally stopped worrying what people would think. I found out that almost everybody has some secret, some dark fear that if people knew this about them they wouldn’t like them anymore, or would look down on them. David Sheff Read Quote
I have my limited skills as a journalist and a father, and the journalist part is really part of my mindset, to use my skills to try to solve problems. David Sheff Read Quote
So many times in the middle of an interview I’ve had people say, ‘Can we go off the record?’ David Sheff Read Quote
I came to understand that Nic on drugs was not the Nic I knew and trusted. Nic on drugs was somebody else. We were afraid of him. David Sheff Read Quote
I chose a rehab center for Nic that was recommended by a friend who had sent her son there. The program lasted 28 days, after which he relapsed. Over the next six years, he was admitted to six residential treatment programs and four outpatient programs. He would do better for a while, but then relapse. Each relapse was crushing. David Sheff Read Quote
Kids love the ‘Mario Brothers’ games, which are whimsical, inventive and lots of fun. David Sheff Read Quote
I came home one day and Nick was in his bedroom reading ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and the tears were just flowing down his cheeks, at the terrible injustice that was being described in that book and the bravery of fighting against it. David Sheff Read Quote
