Relapse After Relapse

While reading Tweak, my brother asked me, “How is this unlike any other drug addict’s story? He’s in rehab. He’s out of rehab. All those stories are the same.” He was so far from correct I could hardly muster an answer at the time. But now I can explain exactly why this autobiography is different. Nic’s simple prose take a seemingly tired storyline and transform it into a fresh journey encompassed by the desire to change. Aware of his series of relapses, you can’t help but to believe each time he attempts to stay clean, it will be the last. He so deeply convinces you he is ready for change and those around him can finally trust him. However, each time he bluntly turns his life back around in an extremely negative way. Tweak is different because it is real. The emotion is real, the events are real, and the way Nic doesn’t hold a single thing back is real.