Sweet Child Of Mine

This was very interesting book and hard to put down. This family especially the mom went through a lot. I can relate to the story.

It's a very good book

Excellent condition. No problems and arrived on time. I enjoyed reading the book. Very interesting. Great seller.

This book is very well-written by the same author of Steven Adler’s autobiography and I would totally recommend it to anyone who likes interesting stories of musicians and/or addiction. I’m not even a fan of Guns & Roses or Axl Rose and still enjoyed it, but I must say I had a good laugh at the mother’s biased claim that they were the “greatest rock and roll band of their time.”The bummer is that all throughout the book the mother portrays herself as some kind of martyr and the self pitying gets a bit much. In the last 50 pages she’s finally given leeway to put her own voice in to relate her life story and that’s where you really see the bitterness and resentment towards Steven come out. Since you also find out that Steven voluntarily and totally financially supported her for over 15 years, she seems to feel it was something she was entitled to and was angry when she was cut off.To her credit, she does admit she was an enabler but that is an understatement. There is usually a whole lot of guilt behind any parent enabling a child to this extent, but there never is any owning up to her having played any part in the “monster” that was created. I would have liked to have seen more honesty and insight into herself and her life. Instead, she uses her other 2 sons as shining examples of what a great mother she was and then the excuse of having had a horrible mother herself. But overall it was Steven’s own brothers, not her, who were instrumental in getting him into rehabs and staging interventions.It’s clear that Steven’s upbringing was very different from his brothers, as he was an unwanted baby during the pregnancy, then dumped off with the grandmother as a very young child and then later on kicked out of the mother’s house as a teenager. That makes 3 rejections in his mind, but she doesn’t see herself having played any role in contributing to his proclivity to addiction or intense long-term anger towards her.It’s true, as she says, that Steven is very likeable (as seen on the Celebrity Rehab series) but you certainly don’t like him very much in the stories she’s chosen to share. But then she played a large part in how he turned out.Note: You will be flabbergasted at the actual list of pain pills and drugs that the “rehab” doctor gave Steven which he was billed thousands of dollars for, and wonder why this poor excuse for a medical professional isn’t serving time in jail for fraud, narcotic drug pushing and attempted murder (not coincidentally the same scam “treatment” doctor that Prince was getting ready to hook up with a couple decades later, which is also mentioned in the book).

5 Stars.

It’s ok, not as good as others I’ve read

The moment I read the back cover I knew I'd love this book. What a story! You can't believe what a mother would do for her child - no matter what his age. Compelling, sincere, and totally heartwarming. Well done!

I found this story really good. It told about the family side of addiction. Thata the side that you don't often hear about.

Apprezzato moltissimo da chi lo ha ricevuto. Tutto bene.

One very fascinating read once you start to read this you can't put it down.

Great book and great price

This is an important book. Deanna kept her addicted son alive at the risk of loosing herself. She never lost hope and strength. As a result Steven is still alive.

販売日に届いて欲しかった。。まあ仕方ないのでこれから読みまーす。