David Sheff wrote a beautiful book called, appropriately enough, Beautiful Boy — A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction, one of the most compelling portrayals I've ever read of a parent's ...

Reading David Sheff’s memoir Beautiful Boy about surviving the years his family faced the addiction of his oldest son, Nic, I was struck by Sheff’s detailed description of the phases of grief he went ...

Of all of the feedback I receive from this column, the majority comes from family members with a loved one caught up in the grips of addiction. I was reminded once again of their emotional, mental and ...

Beautiful Boy is author David Sheff’s moving account of his own son’s struggle with meth addiction, a subject many families can no doubt identify with. It’s also possible even more people can identify ...

It goes without saying that drug and alcohol abuse have a profound effect on the person afflicted with an addiction — but what about the families, friends and loved ones surrounding the addict? Nic ...