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David Sheff
American Author
Born: 1955
About Addict Addiction People Son You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
Every relapse is dangerous, but often it takes multiple relapses before someone finally gets sober for good. David Sheff
Good Dangerous Before Every Relapse Finally Someone Takes Gets Often Sober Multiple
Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes. David Sheff
Heart Diabetes Cancer Addiction Else Like Heart Disease Disease Anything Anything Else
If you love someone who's an addict and their use is life-threatening, you don't wait until they hit bottom because that can mean that they're going to die. You have to do everything you can to get them in treatment. David Sheff
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Certain people are more likely to use drugs because of whatever it is: They've suffered some trauma in their life. They have risk factors like mental illness, people with learning disabilities, with attention problems. David Sheff
Life Learning People Problems Whatever Some Mental Risk Mental Illness More Disabilities Factors Attention Like Likely Because Certain Use Illness Trauma Suffered
Well, addiction does start with a choice. David Sheff
Addiction Well Does Choice Start
The rest of the world may devour Japanese hardware - from Honda Civics to Sony Walkmans - but Japanese software, such as books, movies and recordings, has had little impact outside Japan. The exception is video games. David Sheff
Video Games World Rest Software Books Impact Recordings Exception Outside Had Sony Devour May Little Movies Japan Japanese Video Games Hardware Honda
Elvis Presley's music said, 'Free your body.' The Beatles said, 'Free your mind.' David Sheff
Music Beatles Mind Free Elvis Said Body Your Your Body
Relapse is very dangerous. However, relapse can be a symptom of the disease. Sometimes there are multiple relapses before you get sober and stay sober. David Sheff
You Dangerous Sometimes Before Relapse Symptom Stay However Very Get Disease Sober Multiple
Many doctors are stuck in the idea that addiction is a choice, and they don't treat that. David Sheff
Treat Doctors Addiction Stuck Idea Choice Many
Like most people I knew, I thought drug addicts were the kinds of people we see in doorways in neighbourhoods most of us try to avoid - people obviously strung out, often homeless and possibly psychotic. I didn't think my son could become addicted, but he had. David Sheff
Son People Try Thought Become Think Addict Addicted Out Possibly Kinds See Strung Could Had He Knew Like Most Obviously Were Often Psychotic Us Avoid Homeless
If a child had another disease, we'd be open about what we were going through, but addiction is stigmatised and comes with shame and guilt. David Sheff
Guilt Addiction About Shame Through Open Had Another Were Child Disease Going
One of my dearest friends is alive only because of AA. But it doesn't help a lot of people. And everyone is different, and everyone needs different kinds of treatments. David Sheff
Needs People Different Kinds Everyone Alive Kinds Only Because Dearest Lot Friends Different Help Treatments
Nick spent his first years on walks in his stroller and Snugli, playing in Berkeley parks and baby gyms and visiting zoos and aquariums. His mother and I divorced when he was 4. No child benefits from the bitterness and savagery of a divorce like ours. David Sheff
Benefits Mother Bitterness First Walks Baby Spent Berkeley Ours Visiting Parks He Divorce Divorced Like His Years Child Nick Playing Zoo Savagery
I totally believe parents should talk to their kids about drugs. I totally believe that educating them in every way is really important. But on the other hand, I've learned it's not as simple as that. David Sheff
Simple Parents Important Believe Every Other Way Kids Totally About Talk Learned Educating Hand Them Really Should
Reading Bukowski and Burroughs and Henry Miller doesn't necessarily mean that a kid is going to try to emulate their debauchery to the point that Nic did, but he really was fascinated by it. David Sheff
Try Reading Kid Point He Emulate Did Going Mean Really Nic Fascinated Henry Miller Necessarily
So many times in the middle of an interview I've had people say, 'Can we go off the record?' David Sheff
People Interview Say People Say Record Had Go Off Times Middle Many
There are many things I wish I could redo as a parent. David Sheff
Wish Parent Could Many Things
After a hellish decade, my son got and stayed sober. David Sheff
Son Stayed Got Decade After Sober Hellish
Kids love the 'Mario Brothers' games, which are whimsical, inventive and lots of fun. David Sheff
Love Mario Kids Brothers Inventive Lots Which Whimsical Games Fun
That's the difference between even the best video game and what's going on in books. Video games can inspire a reaction, but not the emotions. David Sheff
Video Games Best Game Emotions Inspire Books Between Reaction Going Difference Video Video Game Games Even
I spent years searching for effective programs that would lower drug use and prevent addiction. David Sheff
Programs Addiction Spent Would Prevent Years Effective Lower Use Searching
Like so many of us, I'm brokenhearted about the death of the remarkably talented actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. David Sheff
Death Philip Brokenhearted About Remarkably Talented Like Us Many Actor
The tragic fact is that with addiction, like many other illnesses, sometimes you can do everything right and people die. David Sheff
You People Sometimes Other Addiction Everything Fact Like Tragic Die Many Illnesses Right
I was ashamed. My son is a drug addict. What does this mean about me? David Sheff
Me Son Addict About Does Ashamed Mean
Your children live or die without you. No matter what we do, no matter how we agonize or obsess, we cannot choose for our children whether they live or die. It's a devastating realization, but liberating. David Sheff
You Matter Live Our Liberating We Cannot Devastating Obsess Without How Die Children Cannot Whether Realization Your Choose Agonize
My son is living proof that those like him can not only be treated, but can live lives free of the pain that plagued them and the disease that controlled them. David Sheff
Son Free Pain Live Living Those Proof Only Like Him Disease Controlled Them Lives Living Proof Treated

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