Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

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This is a brilliant, harrowing, heart-breaking, fascinating book, full of beautiful moments and hard-fought wisdom. It's going to save a lot of lives, and help heal a lot of hearts. I absolutely could not put it down: I read it straight through in two nights.” - Anne LamottSheff’s story is honest, reflective and deeply moving. Sadly, it is a story all too relevant for our troubled times. When one of us tells the truth, he makes it easier for all of us to open our hearts to our own pain and to that of others. That’s ultimately what Beautiful Boy is about: truth and healing.” Greer has described her book as "full of pictures of 'ravishing' pre-adult boys with hairless chests, wide-apart legs and slim waists". She goes on to say that, "I know that the only people who are supposed to like looking at pictures of boys are a sub-group of gay men", she wrote in London's Daily Telegraph. "Well, I'd like to reclaim for women the right to appreciate the short-lived beauty of boys, real boys, not simpering 30-year-olds with shaved chests." [35] [36] She was criticised for these comments, with some writers labeling her a paedophile. [8] Greer responded vigorously on Andrew Denton's television talk show Enough Rope. Denton quoted her as having said to the Sydney Morning Herald that, "A woman of taste is a pederast—boys rather than men." [37] [38] She had anticipated that she would be called a paedophile after the book's publication, and was quoted as saying "This book is going to get me into a lot of trouble. I'll be called a paedophile after this." [39] [40] Editions [ edit ] My fear of agreeing to allow others to make a movie that would expose our family has turned to gratitude. The notes that flood in remind me that almost everyone is suffering, whether with addiction or other challenges. There are no easy answers, but isolation and silence make problems worse. Though sharing our stories isn’t a panacea, we are reminded we aren’t alone. And we aren’t. We can be supported. Healing can begin.

She says that male youth was previously prized artistically, but in more recent centuries was displaced by a preference for adult masculinity. [15] [16] Accordingly, she argues that male youthfulness was desexualised in art. [17] She says that, "At the end of the 20th century, guilty panic about pedophilia completed the criminalisation of awareness of the desires and the charms of boys... Where once boys were considered 'made for love and loved of all' they are now considered attractive only to a perverted taste." [13] [18] According to Greer, "among the attributes that are on the verge of extinction is youthful narcissism". [19] She also wrote that, "Boy sex is irresponsible, spontaneous and principally self-pleasuring". [16] Despite a significant number of absences from school, teachers and counselors weren't overly concerned, with one saying that college would straighten Nic out. They noted his good grades and large number of friends. At first, David kept his son's addiction hidden from family and friends, not wanting them to think badly of his son and how it reflected on him as a parent. -Oprah.com

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a b Greer, Germaine (11 October 2003). "Why women just like to look". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 18 April 2022. The movie was nearly completed by last September and we were invited to a private screening of a rough cut. I attended with my wife, Karen, and son Jasper, who happened to be visiting. I knew the story, of course, but reliving it was devastating. The book contains some 200 pictures of boys through the ages, and is a history of boys in Western art and classical mythology. [2] [10] [11] This includes an analysis of Classical, Neoclassical, and Renaissance art. [12] Pictures and discussions range from Cupid to Elvis, Boy George, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison. [2] Josh Horowitz (December 8, 2017). "Happy Sad Confused" (Podcast). MTV. Event occurs at 50:03-50:17. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018 . Retrieved June 17, 2018.Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2018 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). Toronto: Toronto International Film Festival. September 16, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 17, 2018 . Retrieved October 17, 2018. Sheff educates about addiction as a brain disease and is an advocate for putting addicts into therapy programs early. [15] [16] David Sheff (born December 23, 1955) is an American author of the books Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy, [3] Game Over, [4] [5] The Buddhist on Death Row [6] and All We Are Saying: The Last Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. [7] He also writes for magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Wired, Rolling Stone and other publications. That was 10 years ago. Since then Nic relapsed twice, but he’s been sober for eight years. He is now 36. Beautiful Boy is so beautifully written that it will come as a welcome balm to millions of parents and loved ones who thought they were making this journey alone.”