Objective Summary #4

Objective Summary: Tweak by Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff 

      In pages 172-202 of Tweak by Nic Sheff, Sheff is on his way to a healthy, sober life with the help of his sponsor, Spencer. When Spencer comes home from a family vacation very ill, Sheff is put to the test when he is asked to take care of Spencers young daughter, Lucy. This opens Sheff's eyes and shows that he really does want recovery and to start a family. Sheff soon realizes that since he is not able to exercise due to watching Lucy, he feels overwhelmed and extremely anxious. Sheff figures he needs to see a physiatrist  to figure out how to control his wild  mood swings. Nic Sheff explains that he has been on many antidepressants since he was 18, and feels that being back on medication, could help him to no longer be overwhelmed and depressed. After he goes to a see the physiatrist, he becomes more relaxed knowing that everything is going to be okay. Sheff feels complete and satisfied, especially since he has been helping Spencer and his family during the hard times they are having, with Spencer being ill and Michelle, (Spencer's wife), having to be at the hospital with her husband. Sheff feels he has a purpose when he has to take care of Lucy, which is something he has been searching for. Instead of searching for a high, he has started to search for meaning, and is trying to help others that have always been there to help him.

  



Citation: Sheff, Nic. Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike, 2008. Print.

Objective Summary: Tweak by Nic Sheff

Objective Summary: Tweak by Nic Sheff

Tweak by Nic Sheff

In Tweak by Nic Sheff, Sheff begins his life as a drug dealer with his drug addict "friend", Gack.  Sheff turns to the drug dealing world because it is what he has always wanted to do, the thrill of being high and living on the edge. Sheff feels that drugs and alcohol give a feeling of not being hopeless or in despair, which is how he has felt his whole life. Like he does not belong or fit in. Sheff focuses on selling drugs as his way of life, trying to sell crystal mixed with Vitamin B, but when Sheff and Gack's batch of drugs don't turn out the way they want, they continue to try sell it, stating that the drugs are "Pure and unprocessed." Sheff explains that he has been in therapy his whole life. He states that he knows what is wrong with him, but he does not care. All he wants is  the drugs to take him out of the real world, to forget the bad things that are going on, drugs are his escape from his reality. Drugs make Sheff feel invincible, like he can do anything. He finally feels like he belongs and doesn't need to impress anyone. The reason Sheff feels the need to share his life story with people is not only to make them like him, but also to share the hardships that he has encountered in his life, but being open in the drug world can be very dangerous. Nic Sheff takes the reader on a wild roller coaster of the drug dealing world and how hard it can be to stay clean and sober once you have started using drugs.

Citation: Sheff, Nic. Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamines. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike, 2008. Print.

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