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New York : VH1 Books, c2007.
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The co-founder of the rock band Mötley Crüe presents a candid account of his own descent into the hell of drug addiction, describing the impact of heroin on his life and the band.
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LibraryThing member kawika
It was a brave decision for Nikki Sixx to delve into his past and bring The Heroin Diaries out into the light for all to scrutinize. The book is an interesting mix of memoir and hindsight analysis. Nikki has taken his diary, that was kept beginning on Christmas day in 1986 through the Christmas of
Throughout the diary, you get a peek into the thoughts of a junkie. Of course, we're never sure how honest the thoughts are, as he is obviously lying even to himself and the diary at some points. Nikki also enlisted the help of friends, family, and business associates who added their own version of some of the events and their insights, as well. He also engages in the exercise of relating what he did to how he feels today and how his actions have affected him and others.
This is a fabulous addendum to Motley Crue's biography, The Dirt, as it takes a piece of time and expands it in a very personal way. It illustrates how someone can be king of his domain yet still be completely out of control and out of touch, creating his own reality of addiction and paranoia.
Proceeds from the book go to Nikki's favorite charity, Running Wild in the Night, which helps homeless teens on the streets of Hollywood, making it well worth the purchase price.
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1987, and released it, warts and all, for public consumption in the hopes of helping a few people out. It documents a dark time in his life where he battled the dragon while chasing it every once in a while.Throughout the diary, you get a peek into the thoughts of a junkie. Of course, we're never sure how honest the thoughts are, as he is obviously lying even to himself and the diary at some points. Nikki also enlisted the help of friends, family, and business associates who added their own version of some of the events and their insights, as well. He also engages in the exercise of relating what he did to how he feels today and how his actions have affected him and others.
This is a fabulous addendum to Motley Crue's biography, The Dirt, as it takes a piece of time and expands it in a very personal way. It illustrates how someone can be king of his domain yet still be completely out of control and out of touch, creating his own reality of addiction and paranoia.
Proceeds from the book go to Nikki's favorite charity, Running Wild in the Night, which helps homeless teens on the streets of Hollywood, making it well worth the purchase price.
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LibraryThing member justablondemoment
Awesome book. While I was never a huge Motely Crew fan, they were very big among my generation. The stories and headlines circulating about there music and behavior were legend. Now I know that what was said about them individually and as a group are true. WOW is all I can say...read it...you'll be
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LibraryThing member RockStarNinja
I love Motley Crue and I LOVE Nikki Sixx . . .I found the book to be both hilarious at times (Vanity is a wack-a-doodle) and terribly sad. It takes guts to not only tell your story, but to do it in such a way that people can really feel what was happening to you at that time . . . If you can read
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the book while listening to the album, depending on the timing it gets eerie at times. Show Less
LibraryThing member sharon102796
I was in my early 20s in the late 80s and my sister was a huge Motley fan. This was such a sad story about having it all but not being able to appreciate it. Glad Sixx pulled it together somewhat at the end.
LibraryThing member RevrendJimmy
This book will make you look at your life differently, and show you how even in the worst situations, you can turn yourself around. Recommended to anyone, really. Well written and edited. I loved it, and wished it didn't end so soon :)
LibraryThing member Wallflower90
I opened this book and was really amazed. The layout in the book is very special and interesting and the story itself...well I could barely put this book down.
It's amazing how someone can be alive after all that. It is a true sex, drugs and rock n' roll book and it captivated my from the beginning
There are parts in the book when you don't know wether to laugh or cry.
You wan't to laugh because the shit they did was hilarious and pretty stupid...but on the ...more I opened this book and was really amazed. The layout in the book is very special and interesting and the story itself...well I could barely put this book down.
It's amazing how someone can be alive after all that. It is a true sex, drugs and rock n' roll book and it captivated my from the beginning to the very end.
There are parts in the book when you don't know wether to laugh or cry.
You wan't to laugh because the shit they did was hilarious and pretty stupid...but on the other hand you want to cry because of how stoned they were when they did it.
Really worth reading
It's amazing how someone can be alive after all that. It is a true sex, drugs and rock n' roll book and it captivated my from the beginning
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to the very end.There are parts in the book when you don't know wether to laugh or cry.
You wan't to laugh because the shit they did was hilarious and pretty stupid...but on the ...more I opened this book and was really amazed. The layout in the book is very special and interesting and the story itself...well I could barely put this book down.
It's amazing how someone can be alive after all that. It is a true sex, drugs and rock n' roll book and it captivated my from the beginning to the very end.
There are parts in the book when you don't know wether to laugh or cry.
You wan't to laugh because the shit they did was hilarious and pretty stupid...but on the other hand you want to cry because of how stoned they were when they did it.
Really worth reading
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LibraryThing member unknown_guitar_demon
LOVED IT!!!! This book was ever amazing. I loved the everything from the format of the book to the actual text. You can have mommy and daddy tell you "dont do drugs, itll mess your life up" all you want but you can see in this book what really happens when you play with drugs, unfortunately for Jim
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Morrison he didnt live to tell his tale and fend off his addiction but nikki did, and then was coourageous enough to tell the world, "yes i fucked up, and this is what happened, but i fixed it, it CAN be done" this book i think would be an inspiration to junkies everywhere i think. It gives hope not just on drugs but on anything, because if you can make it through that you can make it through anything. Show Less
LibraryThing member go_devils006
Reading this book is about as close as you can come to a drug addiction without actually having walked that path. The book itself is addicting and very, very dark. Nikki Sixx and Motley Crue are some of the most notorious rockers of all time and they paid the price dearly. At the height of their
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fame in the mid-late eighties, Nikki Sixx was suffering from a debilitating addiction to cocaine and heroin, complete with paranoia and hallucinations. It occurred to him at the time, to keep a diary of his battles with his addiction. This book offers a uniquely honest look into the mind of an addict to a degree that can never be accomplished in a retrospective memoir. What Nikki has been through is shocking and it is even more shocking that's he's come out the other side and is still rocking. Show Less
LibraryThing member jkovach
Interesting read, all the famous people linked together.
LibraryThing member -AlyssaE-
i thought this book was great. i think that it was amazing because nikki wasn't afraid to tell his story. i think that this book does a great job at explaining the hell that he was going through and he can be an inspiration to others. this book has a strong message ans some of the images that it
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gives you may be disturbing but he hides nothing. its great hearing one of the people that you admire went through this and acually hearing thier story and knowing that they are clean now and that its possible. all of his personal stories were great some made me laugh. and not only is there the personal stories from him but there are other peoples opinions of him and what they thought of him. Show Less
LibraryThing member AlyssaE
This book is great. You really get a look into nikkis life and the struggle that he went through. This book i think can be an inspiration to some but, just a great book to read for others. This book has really surprising scenes, and there are some things that nikki does that you wouldn't believe.
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so if you haven't read it i would recommend reading. Show Less
LibraryThing member 1Ashaynad
A great book about the struggles Nikki sixx goes through in his life. From accidently killing a friend when drunk to trying to pay the bills, and being rich now. Its amazing and shows people how not glamorous lifestyles of the rich and famous are.
LibraryThing member qwiksilver
It was like watching a car crash in slow motion. A car crash I've watch a lot of other young musicians do in Hollywood. They were not as famous, and a few of them are dead. Reading the book did make me chuckle in one place: When Nikki describes his theory of bathing, I was reminded of an exchange
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in a club: "Did a skunk just get in?" "Nah, Nikki just arrived." My world was on the periphery of his. We never met, but we both saw the mayhem and darkness of those days. Glad he made it out and hope the proceeds from the book saves a few kids along the way. Show Less
LibraryThing member KatherineGregg
The book was constructed in such a way that made it an interesting read and not just an indulgent year in the life of a drug addict. Sixx's diary entries from 1987, a year of heavy drug and alcohol abuse, are punctuated with commentary from friends, family (and Sixx) twenty years later, adding
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dimension and perspective to the story. The portrait his diary paints is ugly but he is strong enough to recover, confront his demons and carry on to lead a creative and productive life. I don't think that the reader needs to be a Motley Crue fan (which I am not) nor a Nikki Sixx fan (which I am) in order to enjoy this book. I didn't know much about Nikki Sixx and had no idea that he was such an artist. The soundtrack that goes along with the book makes it an even more interesting work. Show Less
LibraryThing member vanx36
In the Herion Diaries, a memoir by Nikki Sixx. Motley crue bassist nikki siz has penned a year in the life of a junkie rock star. The heroin diaries begins with nikki six consuming incredible amounts of drugs, here nikki talks about life as a herioin junkie, coke fiend, alchoholic and control
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freak, manic depressive and gerneal asshole. What makes it so captivating is the absolute lack of guile. He doesnt make excuses for his actions and doesnt backpedal in attempts to defend what he's doing. It sounds crazy but for nikki snorting cocaine and drinking Jack Daniel's whisky like water was just an avaerge tuesday. He did mountains of cocaine which drove him into paranoia, but his biggest problems revolved around his use of herion. That is the one drug many rockers in the book said thet would no use and the one drug nikki could not stop using. In the book he had limited success staying off of the drug from time to time, but because of his terronle childhood it was the one drug he countiually turned to that temporarioly eased the pain in other ways and that would help him kick his habits. Show Less
LibraryThing member jenn88
Being a lover of memoirs and Motley Crue I had to read this and I was not disappointed!
There are diary entries written by Nikki Sixx during 1986-87 as well comments from people who knew him then. Motley Crue was big during that time so it's interesting to have a behind the scenes look at how he
There are diary entries written by Nikki Sixx during 1986-87 as well comments from people who knew him then. Motley Crue was big during that time so it's interesting to have a behind the scenes look at how he
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LibraryThing member TheScrappyCat
Not a bad book, harrowing at times. I like these cautionary memoirs/biographies--these guys have lived fast, intense lives and those lives are fascinating to read about. Sixx managed to come out the other side of heroin addiction, where so many others have not. Worthwhile reading.
LibraryThing member klarusu
This is a classic rock tome - an accompaniment to the Motley Crue autobiography 'The Dirt'. It comprises the diary entries of a year in the life of Nikki Sixx, chronicling his descent into the throes of drug addiction whilst The Crue follow a brutal tour schedule supporting 'Girls, Girls,
The diary entries are a brutal portrayal of the wreck Nikki Sixx was during this time. What stands out amidst the carnage of a serious substance abuse issue is the loneliness of someone who, to all intents and purposes, appears to be at the height of his fame and popularity - what wasn't apparent to the coterie that surrounded him at this time was that he was spiralling towards a personal nadir, in contrast with the public high. For the honesty with which they describe Sixx's state of mind at the time, the diary alone is interesting, but for me, what really makes this book is the peronal retrospectives appended to each entry by many of the protagonists. It's this present day perspective that lends depth to the exercise and makes it more than just a depressing catalogue of drug-fuelled excesses.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the book, when taken in the context of what has gone before, is the final chapter where Nikki Sixx brings his 'life since then' up-to-date. It is through this that the reader gets a window onto the man that he has become, more comprehensible for the view we've had of the man he was.
Got to worry when you begin to think that Tommy Lee was the most sorted one of the lot!
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Girls'.The diary entries are a brutal portrayal of the wreck Nikki Sixx was during this time. What stands out amidst the carnage of a serious substance abuse issue is the loneliness of someone who, to all intents and purposes, appears to be at the height of his fame and popularity - what wasn't apparent to the coterie that surrounded him at this time was that he was spiralling towards a personal nadir, in contrast with the public high. For the honesty with which they describe Sixx's state of mind at the time, the diary alone is interesting, but for me, what really makes this book is the peronal retrospectives appended to each entry by many of the protagonists. It's this present day perspective that lends depth to the exercise and makes it more than just a depressing catalogue of drug-fuelled excesses.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the book, when taken in the context of what has gone before, is the final chapter where Nikki Sixx brings his 'life since then' up-to-date. It is through this that the reader gets a window onto the man that he has become, more comprehensible for the view we've had of the man he was.
Got to worry when you begin to think that Tommy Lee was the most sorted one of the lot!
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LibraryThing member Rob.Larson
Sometimes diffiucult reading, this book kept me riveted to the page all the way through. Each page is like a glossy magazine ad and has art work. One has to wonder how he made it out alive! Fascinating, but not for everyone.
LibraryThing member Kristinah
I loved this book and would love to read anything else Nikki Sixx writes. I would recommend this book to others!
LibraryThing member aeceyton
a quick read. Brave and honest, although hard to recommend
LibraryThing member petervanbeveren
In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki
When Mötley Crüe was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days -- sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers -- in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions.
Here, Nikki shares those diary entries -- some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre -- and reflects on that time. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more.
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himself.When Mötley Crüe was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days -- sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers -- in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions.
Here, Nikki shares those diary entries -- some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre -- and reflects on that time. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more.
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LibraryThing member djmorales12
In the autobiography, Nikki Sixx describes his year on his beloved "junk," most commonly known as heroin, and other drugs. He starts out by writing in his diary only after he had a episode. Later, to become more in depth, he wrote while on his drug trip. He describes various hallucinations and
While reading The Heroin Diaries, I learned how bad drugs can hit a person. I found it shocking how they can totally change a person. I also admired Nikki Sixx after reading this book. His journey through his drug addiction, I think, would inspire many addicts that it is possible to overcome an addiction no matter the circumstances. I would definitely recommend this to my peers.
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delusions he suffered. He did not realize what drugs could really do to someone until he OD'd and literally died for a little bit. This is what opened his eyes and made him publish his diary.While reading The Heroin Diaries, I learned how bad drugs can hit a person. I found it shocking how they can totally change a person. I also admired Nikki Sixx after reading this book. His journey through his drug addiction, I think, would inspire many addicts that it is possible to overcome an addiction no matter the circumstances. I would definitely recommend this to my peers.
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LibraryThing member cziering
Diary of a junkie... it got a bit repetitive but was still pretty interesting.
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Original publication date
2007-09-18
Physical description
286 p.; 22 inches
ISBN
0743486285 / 9780743486286
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