At my worst, I even resented Nic because an addict, at least when high, has a momentary respite from his suffering. There is no similar relief for pa…

- David Sheff

How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person?

- David Sheff

A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.

- David Sheff

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating…

- David Sheff

I am becoming used to an overwhelming, grinding mixture of anger and worry.

- David Sheff

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.

- David Sheff

We deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.

- David Sheff

An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it.

- David Sheff

If you subscribe to the idea that #‎ addiction is a disease, it is startling to see how many of these children - paranoid, anxious, bruised, tremul…

- David Sheff