Zack Barrows

“Why does it help to read others' stories? It is not only that misery loves company, because (I learned) misery is too self-absorbed to want much company. Others' experiences did help with my emotional struggle...”
― David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

“How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.”
― David Sheff

“He had black fingernails and drove a hearse. Everything about him cried out, 'Look at me, look at me,' and when you looked at him, he would snap, 'Who the fuck are you looking at?' If you subscribe to the idea that addiction is a disease, it is startling to see how many of these children- paranoid, anxious, bruised, tremulous, withered, in some cases psychotic - are seriously ill, slowly dying. We'd never allow such a scene if these kids had any other disease. They would be in a hospital, not on the streets.”
― David Sheff

“Jasper, who is six, is the only one of us who responds appropriately. He wails, inconsolable for an hour.”
― david sheff