The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Young Adult Non-Fiction Rock Music Biography Addiction Memoir Diary/Journal Non-Fiction 1980s Pop-Culture Studies Recovery Literature Music Photography/Art Book
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star is the brutally honest, illustrated chronicle of Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx’s descent into heroin addiction during 1987. Told in diary form and paired with photographer Rantz A. Hoseley’s stark images, the book lays bare 365 days of needles, near-death experiences, chart-topping highs and gutter-level lows. First released in 2007 by Simon & Schuster, this collectible hardcover is the uncensored, youth-and-adult-friendly edition that inspired the gold-selling soundtrack and worldwide tour; it remains the go-to source for anyone studying rock history, addiction recovery or 1980s pop-culture excess.
What makes this particular copy desirable is its tidy, gently-read condition: clean pages, no writing or dog-ears, and a tight binding that still feels solid in the hand. The dust jacket and full-colour illustrations are intact, so every scrawled diary entry, ticket stub and syringe photo jumps off the page exactly as designers intended. At 208 heavy-stock pages and weighing just under a kilo, the book has the heft and visual impact of a coffee-table title while fitting comfortably on a music or biography shelf.
For buyers, The Heroin Diaries is more than a behind-the-scenes rock memoir—it is a survival roadmap. Readers come for the celebrity stories but stay for the raw vulnerability that ultimately frames recovery as possible. Whether you’re a Mötley Crüe completist, a student of addiction studies, or someone hunting a powerful gift for a young adult wrestling with similar demons, this hardcover delivers inspiration without preaching, and it does so in a format that will hold up to countless re-reads and display beautifully for years.
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