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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star | 
 enlarge | Author: Nikki Sixx
Publisher: Pocket Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  264 reviews
Sales Rank: 23956
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092
ASIN: B0019MU6HU
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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Product Description
In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Moetley Cruee's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself.When Moetley Cruee was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days -- sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers -- in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions. Here, Nikki shares those diary entries -- some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre -- and reflects on that time. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more. Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and shockingly moving, The Heroin Diaries follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom -- and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again.
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 Interesting read about addiction October 12, 2008
I didn't know I was going to enjoy reading about someone's drug addiction so much! I am not an addict and its not something I ever thought I would read about in this type of forum but I like Motley Crue and Nikki.
I think what makes this book so interesting is that it seems so honest. Nikki didn't hold back (or at least he didn't appear to) on some nasty details about what he was doing. I realize he wrote these journal entries while he was using but he didn't skimp on publishing some of those details.
The second thing that I enjoyed was the things people that were in Nikki's life at the time had to say about him NOW. And then he of course snaps back a few times as well. It's almost as if having people who were there comment on his journal entries provides more backing to the things Nikki had written, it not as if all this stuff was only in Nikki's mind, it really happened.
Anyway, this inspired me to seek other books about bands from the 80s that I like, such as Slash's autobiography (which I highly recommend as well). If reading The Heroin Dairies helps someone with their own addictions that's awesome, and that may have been Nikki's point of publishing his journal entries.
Great Read October 10, 2008
Even if you aren't a big fan of Nikki Sixx, I think you will enjoy this book. It is very well put together. It is honest, it seems he didn't hold anything back. Between Nikki's diary entries there is recent written commentary looking back at the time period that the diary was written by Nikki, other members of Motley Crue, their managers and Nikki's friends. Even if you aren't a big reader, you won't want to put this book down. It is INTENSE!
VERY INTERESTING BOOK......... October 3, 2008
VERY INTERESTING BOOK, AMAZING THAT NIKKI IS STILL ALIVE, LOVE THE BOOK & I FEEL IT WILL HELP MANY WHO HAVE AN ADDICTION.
Oh My God ! September 19, 2008
This book was amazing.
I have always been a big Motley Crue fan but after reading this,screw the Crue!
It's Nikki all the way.
He is fantastic.
Definately Worth Reading September 12, 2008
When I picked up this book, it was mostly out of curiosity. I'd never heard of a book with a sountrack, and I loved the single "Life is Beautiful." Once I opened it, however, I just had to keep going, if only to find out how Nikki Sixx could possibly have made it out without kicking the bucket for good. Both the diary entries and the commentary from Sixx's friends and associates are very powerful. I have never read anything like it.
Alongside entries that focus on his addiction, the information the book contains about the Crue, the industry, the craziness comes through in a new way. Admittedly, other than the form of presentation, the whole "behind-the-scenes' look a the rock star lifestyle has been done. This aspect of the book is nothing particularly special, but I consider it a decent exaple of the genre.
Personally, I REALLY liked this book, and consider it worth buying.
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