You are unlikely to like what you see, but that's partly the point. No dirty, shameful detail missed out (or, if they have been, then they must be very dark indeed, as the stuff which made it into the book is jaw-droopingly awful).Īs a portrait of a long descent into self-indulgence, addiction and depravity it is peerless. Brutally honest, utterly riveting and shockingly moving, THE HEROIN DIARIES follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again. The book is a candid look at a nightmare come true: a punishing heroin addiction that brought Nikki to the edge of losing his talent, his career, his family and finally to a near-fatal overdose which left him clinically dead for a few minutes before being revived. THE HEROIN DIARIES reveals Nikki's personal diary entries alongside commentary from the people who know Nikki best including band mates Tommy, Vince and Mick. He spent days - sometimes alone, sometimes with others addicts, friends and lovers - in a coke- and heroin-fuelled daze. When Motley Crue were at the height of their fame, there wasn't a drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. we’re ok, we’ll be landing in thirty minutes and we’re all safe and sound, sorry for the scare…” that’s how getting hooked on junk is, and when the kick is over you can’t believe you ever got on that plane in the first place.Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the co-founder of legendary Motley Crue offers an unflinching and gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. right then, as your life flashes before your eyes, you hear yourself say, “god, if you get me outta this one, i’ll stop forever.” right then the nose of the plane pulls up and the captain says, “wow, that was a close one, folks. people start to scream, babies burst out crying, people start praying all in time to the overhead announcement that we’re gonna crash. then the oxygen masks fall, the plane jumps, snaps and jolts. it feels safe, your seat belt is on and your feet are up. “when you’re sitting on a plane 40, 000 feet up in the air, looking out the window, dreaming of your future and how bright it appears to be, or maybe just watching the drops of rain being pushed into different designs from the force of air at 400 mph, well, life feels good.
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