The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star Kindle Edition

First, let me say that my son was/is an addict & just over a year clean & sober. After he asked for help & we got him into the in-house rehab, based upon AA/NA principles, he came home on a day pass & we took him to eat @ the restaurant of his choice & then to to see the movie of his choice. Afterward, I asked him what helped him make the decision to become clean...first, he said us, then, he said he'd read the Heroine Diaries by Nikki Sixx, which he first checked out @ the local library...& then asked me to get as an ebook. It moved him.. I was working on my master's degree @ the time & didn't get a chance to read it until after I'd earned my degree (a/k/a yesterday). I finished it today. Nikki, your book was brutally honest & touched my kid to his soul. Now, I understand why. I'm thankful you wrote it. Thanks for helping me save the most important human being in my life...he's only 25 years old. He's going places now & has. remained strong. We just went to our first concert together on 10/10/15 in Evansville, IN....we both saw Motley Crue for the very first time (I've been trying to see your band since I was 16.. Crue has always been my favorite band...& Drew grew up listening to it his entire life. So...thank you for helping us through many tough times & helping him turn his life around & to you...congrats on your rehabilitation -Kim

Nikki hits a home run on this one. The first thing that struck me is the way the book is presented. It's not a dry, white page, black words presentation - it's constructed in a graphic novel motif, complete with sketches and anecdotal notes from Nikki and those around him at the time (Dec. 1986 - Dec. 1987). It was during this period I saw the Crue on the GGG tour. Little did the 18 yo in row 23 on the floor of the Spectrum realize the suicidal path of my heroes. This book makes you feel like taking a shower; it is raw, brutal, dirty, and always honest. This disease knows no boundaries, and Nikki shows (with a lot of hard work), you can manage to put a life together. The book is very sad a times, but so worth the read.

I admit to never being much of a Motley Crue fan but reading the reviews i thought this might be a story of survival and redemption. Really, Nikki Sixx just seems like a bad person, on drugs or off drugs. And his excuse (Mom problems) really wears thin. Many of us have bad childhoods with uncaring parents and we either grow up and try to better than that or we just trash everything and everybody and be a negative influence on all those around us. You can decide for yourself by reading this but i warn you it's not really worth your time unless Nikki Six repeatedly stabbing himself full of dope and then complaining about it is exciting to you. It would be one thing if he or Motley Crue produced anything of artistic merit but Dr. FeelGood doesn't count if you weren't 16 years old in the 80's. Really it might have been a better story if the guy actually O'D'd for real. This book just makes it look too easy to be a trashed out rockstar and then quit the life when you get too old. Real dope addicts don't need to be misled into thinking their heroin habit is going to have a happy ending.

I tried to get into the book, I really did. This book was so disjointed and repetitive, I couldn't even finish it. A hard Kindle read being a lot of the book is in red text. It tore my eyes up constantly going from black text to red. This dude is just just not interesting to me. I should have known since I don't care for Motley Crew or their cough, music to begin with. I don't ever want to read another book about dead heads and drugs. Happy Amazon gave me a refund on this crap. That's the only good experience I had getting this Kindle book.

I really enjoyed reading Nkki's account of his rapid and total descent into heroin addiction. Its full of honesty and candor and he at no time makes excuses for it or blames others for it. Although his unstable childhood was no doubt a factor, he totally owns and takes responsibility for his behavior and addiction. I also enjoyed reading the perspectives of others who were around him during this time. It is truly amazing that he survived and is still around to talk about it. Its a cautionary tale that speaks volumes of his strength and resilience to make it through the horror of addiction, as so many other brilliant artists do not. Nikki's reflection on this time period of his life makes for good reading even if you're not a Motley Cru fan. It may even make you take a closer look.

I have to give this book 5 stars! This book, showed me, that when you love a band, and think you’re a super fan and know everything about them. I knew nothing, I never knew, Nikki Sixx was so broken, and has endured so much, and am amazed he came through everything he endured! This book gave me so much more respect, for him, and for the music he wrote for Motley Crue. I now find myself listening more to the lyrics and feeling some of the pain. I totally would recommend this book to not only Motley Crue fans, or Nikki Sixx fans, but anyone going through hardships or whatever your going through in life, we all can take notes from this man.

Excellent book. I'm a child of the 80s, so I grew up on Crue. I saw Vince way back when he was fired/quit from the band and went solo ,and he did all the Crue's songs anyway. And I saw them on their farewell tour in 2015.Excellent first person narrative of a man going to his own personal hell. The additional commentaries by people who were there to watch his fall and give their perspective is fascinating. Nikki's inside dirt on who did what to who and when is darkly funny and compellingAn excellent read and cautionary tale of what unlimited access to whatever you want can do to you.Crue fans will love it and even if you're not a fan/not of this age category, it's just a plain good read.

The author has not held back. No dirty, shameful detail missed out (or, if they have been, then they must be very dark indeed, as the stuff which made it into the book is jaw-droopingly awful).As a portrait of a long descent into self-indulgence, addiction and depravity it is peerless.You are unlikely to like what you see, but that's partly the point.It makes me glad that my teenage rock bands never made it out of the little league - I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have handled it well.A little personal anecdote which tends to confirm that Motley were one of the sleaziest outfits out there in the 1980's:I was a big Motley Crue fan when I was young. Went to see them on their Theatre of Pain tour when I was aged just 12. Went to the gig venue with some mates in the afternoon - soundcheck time. One of the roadies ('Fast Eddie') scooped up a 14 yo girl who was with us and disappeared into a tour bus with her. She came back 15 minutes later looking shell-shocked and speechless, but nevertheless pleased that she'd been promised a backstage pass and a meet up with Nikki Sixx that evening.During the gig Nikki Sixx lost it and started hacking at the crowd with his bass... not pretty. And there was our 14 yo friend by the side of the stage...awaiting goodness knows what after the gig.

This is brilliant read. This book is an insight into the life of motley crue bassist (Now formerly of motley crue) at a dark time in his life. This book contains the contents of journals that Nikki wrote while battling severe heroin addiction.In the book you will read about his heroin battle, What it make him do and think, The paranoia the heroin caused him to develop, His secret sister who passed away during this time, His relationship with his mother and sister, The loss of his beloved granmother, The antics that hapoened in motley crue, His girlfriends, The groupies, His marriages, The affair he had, The births of his children.It also gives details about Nikki's early life and why he turned to drugs. It also tells how he beat his addiction and went on to help others who have addictions too. It is great read and I highly recommend it to rock fans.

This is some book. Not sure you'll read another like it. It's a diary from the Girls, girls, girls period with context and comments added by Nikki and the main players. It's incredibly honest and sometimes brutal. Can't say too much without giving away spoilers but it really gives you a window to Nikki's thinking at the time. I think its a brave book and as much as I loved The Dirt this wipes the floor with it for so many reasons.Trust me. Read this book!

I read this a few years back and as a Motley Crue fan I always intended to buy a copy.Just wish I could have picked up a new copy with old version of the cover.Anyway as it's an anniversary edition it does have added input at the back, so other than preferred cover I have no issue.

This is interesting and it doesn't matter if you loathe hairbands from the 80s or have never heard of Motley Crue. This isn't a history lesson or a bio. Back in 1987, Sixx kept a journal, mostly because he wanted to keep a record of his drug addiction and his bands world tour, in 87' the Crue were on top of their game and could sell out arenas within minutes.To glue it altogether we get contributions from other musicians who all verify what Sixx has written. He came across in 1987 as quite a despicable indivudual- evidently with a massive drug problem. Some of the entries you will be reading twice in disbelief. Somehow Sixx made it out, how he did no one knows but he did. And hence this book, and a quite different man at the end of it.A great read that once finished you will find yourself picking up from time to time.