Heroin Diaries Book Report

The life of a ‘80s rock star consisted of a multitude of things such as loud music, alcohol, girls, and drugs. My book The Heroin Diaries A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx and Ian Gittins takes you through the experiences of rock star Nikki Sixx and his drug addictions. The title of this book has 3 most important parts of it that describe the book; Heroin Diaries, A year in the life, and shattered rock star. The first part of the title Heroin Diaries is a very accurate description of the book. Firstly, with the heroin use throughout the book. Nikki Sixx the main character of the novel used lots of heroin. “I need to get on paper what just happened. I was convinced 30 minutes ago that there were people outside my house. There is NOBODY outside the house...what the fuck is wrong with me?” (Sixx, 49). This quote is from Nikki trying to document what it was like when he was high on heroin. As a result of his use he developed a very serious heroin addiction to go along with is cocaine, and alcohol addiction. This addiction to heroin nearly ended his life multiple times. The first part of the title also fits
The book takes course over roughly one year. It starts December 25th 1986 and ends on December 23rd 1987. This book is 363 days long. Each day’s events are documented inside. This book also describes the Life of rocker Nikki Sixx. Its written by Nikki Sixx and was originally just a diary so he could remember what happened before he nodded out from the drugs or incase he died people knew what happened. “Nikki first showed me his remaining journal scribbling’s and scraps of paper from back then, I was horrified and could not believe he is still alive” (Gittins, 10). This book describes the horrors of day-to-day life during the 363 days it takes course. The book is a diary compilation consisting of Nikki’s old diaries put together over two decades