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“Beautiful Boy” Nic Sheff shares his story at addiction/recovery symposium

Hollywood Ending –

June 28, 2019 – It had all started when he was 11-years-old and started using marijuana. It helped him at a time when he felt uncomfortable in his own skin. And while he’s hesitant to call marijuana a gateway drug, it began his spiral into using many different drugs. He recounted a turning point for his struggle with addiction.

One night, when Nic didn’t come home, his father David Sheff began dialing hospitals and police. He called so many times that he was told to call the morgue in search of his son, Nic said. ut in reality, Nic was roaming the streets of San Francisco. He’d been delivering drugs to his friends. But instead of just dropping them off, he took them with friends at every stop. He experienced a black-out that lasted days, until police found him and helped him reach his dad.

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