The Heroin Diaries: 10 Year Anniversary Edition

A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

By: Nikki Sixx

Narrated by: Nikki Sixx, Sophie Kargman, Ross Marquand

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's Summary

In honor of the 10-year anniversary of The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx's definitive and best-selling memoir on drug addiction is now available on audio for the first time, read by Nikki Sixx! This shocking, gripping, and at times darkly hilarious memoir explores Nikki's yearlong war with a vicious heroin addiction. Now more than ever, with opioid addiction ravaging our country and rising by 20 percent in the past year alone, Nikki's story of both his descent into drug-addled decay and subsequent recovery and transition into a rehabilitation advocate is now more relevant than ever.

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 the diary entries - some poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarre - of those dark times.

Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and surprisingly 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.

©2007 Nikki Sixx (P)2017 S&S Audio

Sixx Review

I was hanging on every word Nikki had to say. I related to everything that he did. I didn't hit "rock bottom." I never became homeless, due to my mother. I guess you could say she was an enabler. She always said, "get out of this house!!" I would just say, "yeah...yeah...yeah".
The Heroin Diaries is truly a great read, especially if you are a drug addict or even a recovering addict. I wish I knew about this book much much sooner. I've been clean for about 10 yrs now.
My previous boyfriend and father of my wonderful son, Liam, died in 2008 due to self infliction. I was truly sad at first. Billy got me onto heroin. He said it was a crushed up pain pill. I suddenly violently threw up my pasta dinner. Well after a month went by I tried it again, only half. I didn't get sick this time. Well, the months became weeks, the weeks became days, then everyday I had to have it.
It's like a blessing in disguise for me that Billy died. If I was still with him I probably would be dead as well or in jail, which is the same as dead with a mouth like mine.
Anyway, thanks for reading some of my story.

Great to hear Nikki Sixx read his story.

This book will help anyone struggling with any form of drug addiction. The best book I have ever read on the subject. I had told my teens parts of the story. They won't be trying drugs any time soon.

What an awesome journey!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to a friend because it is a true portrait of rock star excesses, as well as how far people who are addicted will drag themselves thorugh the much. As Nikki says... The dying is easy, It's the living that seems impossible when it's time to sober up!

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Heroin Diaries: 10 Year Anniversary Edition?

Hearing about Nikki coming to my hometown and the things he did there.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

That it was the author.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No

Any additional comments?

What an inspiration. Nikki is one of my all time true hero's. I play bass, and too have kicked "THE" habit. I am forever in his debt. This book has helped me more than I could even explain sitting here writing an e book review!

Breathtaking

Thank you Sixx for sharing your torment and torture towards redemption. There are so many ways you help

Eye opening

Any additional comments?

I've always like Motley Crue's music, but due to being born in the late 80's, I wasn't able to experience them when they were at their height. To me, Crue was Vince and Tommy. This book opened my eyes to the real wheel behind Motley Crue, and the demons that haunted (or hunted) him.

The journey Nikki takes in that year is amazing. I couldn't stop listening.

1st edition- a well read, 2nd- a awesome audible!

I really dislike reading but I love Nikki Sixx. My brother brought me the book and said "trust me and read it!" I was in my mid 30's and hadn't read a book since high school. I couldn't put the book down and finished it in less than a week.
Who would have known Nikki was going through this? I didn't and I also didn't think anybody could survive with such a crazy lifestyle.
I was estacted when I heard about the 10th anniversary edition and since we have bitchen apps that can read to us now...even better, Nikki can read to me! I might even listen to it again.

Loved it

Am now more of a Crue fan than ever. Could not stop until it was over.

So-So

Decent book and can be very entertaining at parts, but the female narrator's voice was painful to listen to, especially when she pretended to cry. I'd rather listen to nails being run down a chalkboard.

Gripping

Absolutely stunning that Sixx is still alive. This book is not only for crue fans but for anyone who is struggling with addiction. It pulls you into the underworld, the rawness of Heroin diaries is insane. Would recommend to everyone I know.

God bless you Nikki Sixx!

An ending that will make a macho man cry!!

I'm so grateful that, in the end, you choose to be a father and die of old age. I'm 21 and have always had a stable home life; near zero of my peers can say the same. I see how I was able to avoid total collapse from OTC drugs addiction because of their stable relationship. I also see my peers collapse because they don't have that supportive stability at home. Point being, I greatly appreciate that you have been a father to your kids and I know that you know that they have something few other kids have and how big of a difference that makes in their lives.

Don’t waste your credit

Be Prepared to not like Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx is not a likeable person even when he gets sober he’s not a person I’d want to hang out with
I understand that addicts are selfish people who blame everyone else for their problems but
Nikki Sixx doesn’t understand that his problems start and end with himself and until he understands that I doubt he will stay sober
There is only so much time that you can listen to him whining about his childhood not making enough money and his Constant jealousy of other bands who have more talent than him
The female voice reading the female parts is incredible annoying her attempts to do different voices for different people are awful
I really wouldn’t waste your credit because all you are going to learn is addicts will do anything for that next fix and you already know that

What can I say...

...but wonderful! I had already read the original but the audio brings those words to life when read by Nikki himself. Plenty of new material too. The epilogue was really moving on so many levels: his intelligence, his determination, his search to contribute and not least his rallying cry for the true rock star in an age of blah, blah, blah (and that’s the sober Nikki talking). I’d say this would appeal to those who maybe aren’t Sixx fans sufficiently to want to read the book too. The male voice actor who did the other male characters was great: his Tommy, Vince and Slash were uncannily good. His English accents, hmm, okay! The female was pretty awful: a strange, shrill, nasal delivery that barely changed person to person. The one thing that I didn’t like was her delivery.

you don't have to be a hard rock fan to love this

I've never been a rock fan particularly but I like reading autobiographies about people and their lives. this book is both interesting, entertaining, and important in equal measure. I have read it twice now, a really good memoir. in fact I have loved it so much I've found myself now checking out Motley and GnR's back catalogues! maybe I'm more of a rock fan than I think.

I loved it!

I wanted to understand more about the perspective of a drug addict. About the way they think and why are they living their life that way. This was very heplful for me since I didn't have much exposure to a world of drugs and rock n' roll. Thank you for writing the book!

Prepare yourself for an uneasy ride...

This is an incredibly open, honest and ugly account of Nikki's years of drug abuse. Nothing is hidden from the listener / reader, this is not a glamorous account of sex and drugs and rock n roll. Nikki leaves literally nothing to the imagination and, despite decades of listening to some of Motley Crues contemporaries, I hadn't quite imagined the behaviour going on behind the scenes. Full credit to Nikki for sharing everything and for coming back from the edge. Fully recommend this book to people who can handle a full warts and all account of the dark side of drug use.

utter tripe

this was one of the worst, trashiest pieces of self indulgent drivel I have had the misfortune to encounter. boring , trite bullcrap. I was hoping he would just die. I regretted buying it after a few minutes

Incredible Story with a Very Positive Message

Nikki Sixx tells a very honest and open story with many of his peers telling us how much of a difficult and spiteful person he used to be. The 10year anniversary edition adds a lot to the story on how Nikki has turned his life around even after Motley Crue finished.

The story is read incredibly well by Nikki and you can feel the emotion in his voice as he relives the Heroin Diaries.

Loved every second of this story!

Outlandish,heartbreaking and inspiring

Van eyes … thought I was familiar with Nikki Sixx and Motley Crue …nope! Open and honest with his addiction,impact upon mental health,relationships, extreme behaviours and off the chart risk taking. After each tale of outlandish moments another would come along. The honesty and attention to detail is admirable and inspiring given where he is now. I can see how NS is helping others with conquering their demons.

Amazing book

Such an interesting and inspiring book. He reads it so well and I love the diary entry format.

Now that’s one crazy story!

How Nikki Sixx is alive is a complete miracle.

Admittedly some of the chapters sort of blended into one and felt like I heard the exact same diary entry multiple times and had to check if maybe I skipped back by accident but I still enjoyed it.

Motley Crüe we’re absolutely wild and Nikki was the poster child of craziness but it’s amazing hearing about where he is at now and as a metal fan I wish him the best of luck!

Really really eye opening!