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Beautiful Boy A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction David Sheff HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston · New York 2008 Copyright © 2008 by David Sheff ALL RIGHTS RESERVED For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sheff, David. Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's addiction / David Sheff. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-618-68335-2 ISBN-10: 0-618-68335-6 1. Drug abuse—Treatment—California. 2. Methamphetamine abuse—Treatment —California. 3. Children of divorced parents—California. I. Title. HV5831.C2S54 2006 362.29'9—dc22 [B] 2006026981 Book design by Melissa Lotfy Printed in the United States of America MP 10 987654 321 This book is for the women and men who have dedicated their lives to understanding and combating addiction at rehabs, hospitals, research centers, sober-living and halfway houses, and organizations devoted to education about drug abuse, as well as the anonymous—the brave ones who keep ......