Nic Sheff

About me:

Hey, so I wrote this book, Tweak, that is coming out in February. It's a memoir about the struggles of growing up and learning how to not hate yourself so much and, of course, it's about drug addiction, too--specifically, crystal meth and heroin and cocaine and pills and, well, everything really. But, uhmmm, it's just my experience and I don't mean for it to be anything more than that. Recently I moved to Savannah where my girlfriend goes to school and I've been broke, building myself back up after a bad, bad relapse. And, anyway, I got a job at the school here as an art model, you know? Basically just 'cause it pays well and I don't have to talk to anyone. But this experience, of having to take off all my clothes and let a room full of people stare at me, well, it's been fucking hard as hell. I guess I just felt so vulnerable at first. But, really, I mean, it's no different from the process of writing this book and putting it out there for everyone to see. So Tweak is me naked, stripped down and exposed. It's been embarassing and humiliating, but it's also been really cool in terms of getting honest with myself and allowing me to be who I really am. Writing Tweak was therapy for me. That's the most I can say about it. I mean, I don't know about anything but that.