The Lure of Addiction - Nic Sheff

Nicolas Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would smoke pot regularly, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to methamphetamines and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to.
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  • @lt3111
    @lt31112 жыл бұрын

    I’m here after watching Beautiful Boy and I think Timothee did a good job portraying Nic

  • @idontknoweither8112
    @idontknoweither81123 жыл бұрын

    I'm not an addict but i relate so much to not fitting in, not liking/wanting to be myself and the constant feeling of alienation. i've been doing stuff i don't like my whole life to please/fit in with others and i'm too afraid to pursue the stuff that i really want. i have this fear of failure that i need to overcome. i need to try at least. Nic inspires me so much.

  • @elizabetha6946

    @elizabetha6946

    3 жыл бұрын

    same.

  • @ellenobrien4750

    @ellenobrien4750

    2 жыл бұрын

    not to be that person that gives unsolicited advice but you may have codepency traits, which cculd be why u people please/relate with his story and feelings, may be helpful to look into it, a lot of people are taught to be this way/learn codependent behaviour growing up

  • @cynthiafranks7894

    @cynthiafranks7894

    Ай бұрын

    You are not alone!! don't be so hard on yourself.. If I had a dime for every time I felt not good enough or felt like i didn't fit in i would be a billionaire.. be you... God made you for a reason.. You have purpose..you are unique you are beautiful! Don't ever forget!!

  • @soniawashere
    @soniawashere5 жыл бұрын

    I adore u and ur message. Just saw the movie last nite. Most powerful and important film i can remember seeing for these times in america. Thanks so much for using ur testimony to bring hope.

  • @NatalieMayOfficial
    @NatalieMayOfficial Жыл бұрын

    Incredible! Thank you for sharing

  • @brittaolson6550
    @brittaolson65505 жыл бұрын

    I know just how you feel, Nic! I'm a bipolar addict in recovery (BPD 1 Rapid Cycling). You have put words to my struggle.

  • @bjornragnarsson8692

    @bjornragnarsson8692

    5 жыл бұрын

    Britta Olson damn, me too - except not rapid cycling unless using drugs. But bipolar I disorder and a heroin and crystal meth addict. Need help, I used to be homeless, but am now getting kicked out of my current shelter for suspicion of relapse. Tried to kill myself on a gram of #4, but my ex gf came to me and grabbed my naloxone kit out of my car and brought me back. I’m not sure what to do, but need to talk to somebody outside of my rehab circle.

  • @nyerinct96

    @nyerinct96

    5 жыл бұрын

    Björn Ragnarsson Are you okay? I see your message was written three weeks ago.

  • @bjornragnarsson8692

    @bjornragnarsson8692

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cyd Weldon yeah. I’m still waking up to face each day, so to speak. I’m in survival mode right now. It’s exhausting, but I’m fighting through each day all right. Thanks for your concern, friend. 🙂

  • @jerkyboy8897

    @jerkyboy8897

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bjornragnarsson8692 what's up with you in this craxy year 2020? Lots of us struggling.

  • @ghosdee

    @ghosdee

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@bjornragnarsson8692 I know you posted this a year ago, but if you still need someone to talk to please message me

  • @jayneblackman5600
    @jayneblackman56002 жыл бұрын

    Why would this guy want to be someone else? He's gorgeous. He would have made me go weak at the knees when I was his age xx

  • @tattd_snw_wht

    @tattd_snw_wht

    2 ай бұрын

    It’s not about looks. It’s what is happening in his brain. The chemicals driving our brains play a huge roll in how we perceive the world around us, the people, ourselves. I feel for him.

  • @SP-zu4zv
    @SP-zu4zv10 ай бұрын

    The fact u wrote a book 📚 is amazing. Many fully functioning ppl dont achieve that. I wld like to do the same ... I love to write...but walk a difficult line much like u have ...but I believe it can happen!! Sending 🩷🩶& 🙏 for your honesty!

  • @charliross08

    @charliross08

    9 ай бұрын

    good luck with your book!! i believe it will happen. what do you hope to write about?

  • @SP-zu4zv

    @SP-zu4zv

    9 ай бұрын

    @@charliross08 ah thank you🙏. I have so many ideas for so many books...but I'd like to start with pulling together stories, characters & events from me & my partner's lives. So many seem unreal & so ideas have never been an issue. Also despite so much dark there's also been light & humour throughout..in fact that's how I & the ppl I grew up with show love..with dark humour & just being there in rough times. My task now is to become as comfortable with normal life as I am in traumatic situations, as I've had so many of those I know how to deal with them, but everyday life is so much harder!! Thx again for the kind words, they really mean a lot 😊 Sending u success in whatever u do & good health 🤗🩵

  • @charliross08

    @charliross08

    9 ай бұрын

    @@SP-zu4zv that is very interesting!!! and the way you just replied to my comment. well, i think it’s more so the way you write. you’re so descriptive. it makes me so curious about this book now😭 anyway, it gives me the feeling you’re gonna do great with it. i wish i was creative like that. you have remarkable ideas. they’re really cool, i expect you to do well!🙏

  • @SP-zu4zv

    @SP-zu4zv

    9 ай бұрын

    @@charliross08 Well like they say ...(..well I may have made some of this up 😂)... sometimes it takes a stranger to paint the path u shld take in a clearer more beautiful way than loved ones can.... ..... & if that stranger also inspires u at the same time...then bonus!! 😆😆 I've written my whole life, just never given myself the time & encouragement I give others. Yr energy has given me some nourishment though...maybe enough to do it..also you've done it during a diff' time (sadly nothing new) as just found out my baby boy (my 🐕 🐾🩶🩷🩵🤒 dog whose been my sanity & family everyday for 15yrs) went from running/playing everyday ⚽ & superfit to just finding out he's not got long ..at least not in his gorgeous little shell/body down here...so again thank u for inspiring & encouraging me at such a horrible time....I'll remind myself of this comment next time I go to talk myself out of writing. I hope u find... or already have a hobby or passion....I write sometimes doesn't matter what I just write to clear my head ...also just started woodwork.... just as a hobby (I love it!!) ..anyway my point is I hope u have something u love & u make time for u everyday...as my little sidekick soul 🐾 just reminded me life can b taken at any moment so we must live it (yes I'm saying it to myself too 🤗🩶)! Someone gave me advice a long time ago that doing one tiny thing better than yesterday is how progress is made & how instead of being hard on ourselves we can say well I get for up 5mins earlier today ....doesn't matter how small today was better than yesterday ...when I get days that aren't better than yesterday I just run a 🛁 bath 🤷‍♀️ 💅🔨🪚✒️& chill instead 😆 Take care & thanks for the inspiration & encouragement 🙏

  • @Hola-me

    @Hola-me

    7 ай бұрын

    @@SP-zu4zv I really do truly believe u can write a book. Remember me and in a few years please respond back and tell me the book you wrote I will buy it and read it for sure 😊.

  • @carolinem6655
    @carolinem6655 Жыл бұрын

    I love you

  • @reneesantiago6496
    @reneesantiago6496 Жыл бұрын

    How does a teenager smoke pot all day every day and his parents dont notice or smell it??

  • @marilynwatkins9060

    @marilynwatkins9060

    Жыл бұрын

    Or his teachers?

  • @clemgebhard3087

    @clemgebhard3087

    Жыл бұрын

    His dad did, he says it in his book. He found marijuana when Nic was in 7th grade and Nic just lied to him saying it was only once, that he didn't like it and that he would never do it again but then he continued throughout high school while continuously lying to his dad even though his dad knew he was high and sending him to rehab. + He had the excuse that he was hanging out with ppl smoking so that he could lie about the smell.. so i don't think it's that easy, as a parent you cannot ever believe that your child could be an addict..

  • @charliross08

    @charliross08

    9 ай бұрын

    i know this is an old comment but, you never know. the thing about being an addict is that most hide it so well in the beginning, but you just simply never know, so no slack on the parents in some situations. it creeps up on them. it’s a thing most parents would never expect, or mostly try to shield you from. as his dad did, he only thought that nic was smoking too much pot, so he started to be worried. then he found out he was doing various other drugs, and tried to help him by sending him to rehab. dad did his part

  • @ThkTwice

    @ThkTwice

    6 ай бұрын

    @@charliross08You’re spot on! Thank you

  • @johnathanglickman5686
    @johnathanglickman56864 жыл бұрын

    Nic sheff takes me as the type of dude to go to the bowling alley and not return the shoes

  • @crystalk7510

    @crystalk7510

    3 жыл бұрын

    You take me as the type of dude that leaves mean,useless comments on KZread videos of people revealing their darkest moments.

  • @barneyronnie
    @barneyronnieАй бұрын

    It emits toxic prose and possesses chameleon-like behaviors; DeQuincey, Burroughs, Burroughs, Jr., Trocchi, Kiedis, Sixx, etc, etc. This character is repulsive , and his whiny voice is like the proverbial 'nails across the chalkboard.'

  • @NoelBuller

    @NoelBuller

    13 күн бұрын

    Huh?