Naivety

The following question if from a Teenreads.com interview with Nic Sheff regarding Tweak.

Question: This book deals with some very traumatic events in your past. What was the hardest thing to write about?

Nic Sheff: When I was reading over the manuscript, more than anything else I was just embarrassed about how naive and stupid I'd been. I was so young and confused, but I always thought I knew exactly what I was doing. Honestly, that was harder to write about than any of the trauma stuff.

At the moment in time, young Nic Sheff truly believed his decisions were the correct ones. Stealing from his family, prostituting himself, returning to previously disastrous relationships; he saw these as ways to improve his current situation. However, they overall brought more pain and hard times to his life. As a youthful person he never thought through the consequences of his often bold actions. In the long run they often contributed to the destruction of his life. Others can gain from Sheff’s mistakes to be young, but think wisely.