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.