The Heroin Diaries

By Nikki Sixx, Ian Gittins,

Book cover of The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

Book description

In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself.…

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1 author picked The Heroin Diaries as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This was a true story of rockstar Nicky Sixx and his struggle to overcome drugs and alcohol addiction. I related to this book and could feel the emotions in his writing. I liked that he came through the other side of it all to be an inspiration to others suffering from addiction. There were many parts of this book that inspired me to elaborate in my own book and explain how it felt in similar detail.

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