The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Ian Gittins and Nikki Sixx (2007, Hardcover)

Synopsis
The co-founder of the rock band Mèotley Crèue 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.

Though glam-rockers Motley Crue had their heyday in the 1980s, the band has managed, both together and individually, to stay close to the spotlight ever since, even in the realm of the written word. The 2001 Crue biography THE DIRT was a bestseller, as was Tommy Lee's 2005 tell-all, TOMMYLAND. This 2007 release allows bassist Nikki Sixx to tell his own story, centered on one harrowing year of heroin and cocaine addiction, and the slow climb back to sobriety. The book is presented as extensive journal excerpts that chronicle the author's daily life as an addict, with present-day commentary by Sixx and his friends and loved ones. This unique story-telling format helps readers get inside the mind of a substance abuser, and come to understand the person behind the wild rock-star persona.

Key Details
Author:	Nikki Sixx, Ian Gittins
Language:	English
Publisher:	Vh1 Books
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0743486285
ISBN-13:	9780743486286

Additional Details
Edition Number:	1

Size
Length:	413 pages
Height:	8.3 in
Width:	6.5 in
Thickness:	1 in
Weight:	32.8 oz

Publisher's Note
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 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.

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 notorious co-founder of the legendary rock band M÷tley Crne presents a candid and harrowing account of his own descent into the hell of drug addiction, describing the impact of heroin on his life and the band.