The Heroin Diaries, A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

A Friend at work gave me this book to read. At first I was like, I don't want to read this. It is very different then what I am used to reading. I am not really into the whole drug thing. Caryn keep telling me she is not either but to see what this guy went through was totally amazing. I though since I listen to the band when I was a kid, I would try it.

It is about Nikki Sixx ( Bass player and major song writer to Motley Crue) When Motley Crue was at the top of the charts and had a major following Nikki was in his personal hell. He live up to the Sex, Drugs and Rock in Roll. He has found his personal Diaries that he wrote at the time he was really into Heroin. Put them in this book to People can see what his life was like during this time. He died twice before he finally got his life under control. He goes in to personal counts of when he was younger and living in Idaho, Texas, and Seattle. Also there are people in is life at the time giving accounts of what they saw. People like Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars (all Band members) to Slash, Alice Cooper, Rick Nielson, ex mangers, ex girlfriends and family members. People though he would not live to see his thirties. The book is Written by Nikki Sixx and Ian Gittings

I am still in the middle of this book. While some of the pictures are a little on the weird side. and some of the entries are a little sick. To hear him in some of his entries deal with not just fame but being alone. You feel sorry for the guy in the first entire. Some of the entries have hit a little close to home. Not that I am in to drugs but I have had friends that have and what happened to them. Makes me think that my life is really good. But I do have an addictive personality and could see what would happen to me if I got started doing anything like that. ( Good thing I have a good head on my shoulder and learned to stay way from this stuff) But it makes you stop and think about what could have happened. Maybe not a crazy as his life, but down the drain like his life was. I was very surpised to see myself get into this book. I though I would have a hard time with it and not liking it all. I never tried any kind of drugs. I have been asked to acid once but turned it down. I was curious to see what something like that does without doing it. I alway wondered why would people do this when it make you do crazy things. Now I am very glad I didn't do anything like that.

He is now Sober and Clean. He is a family man with 4 kids. He still is involved with Motley Crue, song writing. He also does things is film, clothing line, photography and has another band (see Below) The money he gets for this book goes to help runaway kids at a charity he set up the Covenant House. Click here to check it out. or Here for Nikki Sixx web site for more info.