Product Description
In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself.

When Mötley Crüe was at the height of its fame, there wasn't any drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days -- sometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and lovers -- in a coke and heroin-fueled daze. The highs were high, and Nikki's journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions.

Here, Nikki shares those diary entries -- some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre -- and reflects on that time. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more.

Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and shockingly moving, The Heroin Diaries follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom -- and his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 263 reviews)

Great Read

Even if you aren't a big fan of Nikki Sixx, I think you will enjoy this book. It is very well put together. It is honest, it seems he didn't hold anything back. Between Nikki's diary entries there is recent written commentary looking back at the time period that the diary was written by Nikki, other members of Motley Crue, their managers and Nikki's friends. Even if you aren't a big reader, you won't want to put this book down. It is INTENSE!
October 10, 2008

VERY INTERESTING BOOK.........

VERY INTERESTING BOOK, AMAZING THAT NIKKI IS STILL ALIVE, LOVE THE BOOK & I FEEL IT WILL HELP MANY WHO HAVE AN ADDICTION.
October 03, 2008

Oh My God !

This book was amazing.
I have always been a big Motley Crue fan but after reading this,screw the Crue!
It's Nikki all the way.
He is fantastic.
September 19, 2008

Definately Worth Reading

When I picked up this book, it was mostly out of curiosity. I'd never heard of a book with a sountrack, and I loved the single "Life is Beautiful." Once I opened it, however, I just had to keep going, if only to find out how Nikki Sixx could possibly have made it out without kicking the bucket for good. Both the diary entries and the commentary from Sixx's friends and associates are very powerful. I have never read anything like it.

Alongside entries that focus on his addiction, the information the book contains about the Crue, the industry, the craziness comes through in a new way. Admittedly, other than the form of presentation, the whole "behind-the-scenes' look a the rock star lifestyle has been done. This aspect of the book is nothing particularly special, but I consider it a decent exaple of the genre.

Personally, I REALLY liked this book, and consider it worth buying.
September 12, 2008

Interesting, sad, and disturbing year in the life of...

I found that I couldn't put this book down while I was reading it, which wasn't good as I was on vacation with a large group of friends. Upon reading some reviews here I feel as though there was some confusion as to what the book is about. This is one year's entries in the diary of Nikki Sixx at the height of Motley Crue's success. It is a disturbing look into the self involved life of a drug addict, while he is addicted. This is not a biography of his life. He asked the people in his life at that time to contribute their own thoughts and memories to the book as well. There are entries in this book that will make you angry, sad, disgusted, and others that will make you laugh outloud.
I thoroughly enjoyed readinig this book. So far three of my friends have borrowed and read it, telling me they felt the same way about it. How Nikki is still alive is truly a mystery. I recommend that anyone read this book, but with eyes wide open to the realization that this isn't a biography, but a disturbing year in the life story.
September 12, 2008

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