Beautiful Boy ReportBeautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction is a best-selling book written by famous journalist David Sheff. After the book's publication in 2008, the Starbucks Company chose Beautiful Boy as one of the books that can be purchased in its cafes. Beautiful Boy is a memoir written by David Sheff, father of a drug-addicted son, Nic. This book shows the perspective of a parent who struggles with his son's addiction and wants to bring him back into the family, along with the father's desire to protect the family from the destructive behavior and influence of his addict son. Beautiful Boy was released in 2008 and around the same time another book Tweak was published: Growing Up on Methamphetamines. The second book is written by Nic Sheff, the drug-addicted son who gives the reader a different perspective on the same events described by his father. These two books are unique in their own way, as they offer two different perspectives on the same widespread and difficult problem: the fight against substance abuse. David Sheff begins his family's story with the birth of Nic and continues through to the end. to the present day, when his son has survived several years of drug abuse, rehabilitation and relapses. Sheff confesses that his son started using different types of drugs when he was very young. At age 11 he would try alcohol and a little weed. “One day in early May, I pick up Nic after school... When he gets in the car I smell cigarette smoke. I lecture him and he promises not to do it again. Next Friday after school… I'll pack a travel bag for him and look for a sweater in his backpack. I don't find a sweater, but instead I discover a bag of marijuana." (Sheff, 200...... middle of paper ...... k from the semester in New York, Sheff asks a question about how to explain to a child that his beloved older brother steals money from him. Beautiful Boy is a well written book in the sense that, despite the heavy subject matter, it is an easy read. This book is very personal and full of emotional load. This is a story, told by a father of a drug-addicted son, and this story is not differs from many others on a similar topic However, it can be concluded that such stories are the most honest, since stories about substance abuse are very often the same. In my personal opinion, this book is very valuable for people who experience or had experienced the same problem as David Sheff, especially when it comes. read along with Tweak by Nic Sheff. These two books can provide good insight into the issue of drug abuse and reveal the perceptions of both the family and the addicted person.