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

Keeps me sober...

Ive read it over ond over since ive gotten sober... When im feeling the demon i open up this book and remember that im not the only one...

Nikki Sixx & Co. Reveal Their Deepest...

Nikki Sixx reveals his deepest, darkest secrets in this Anniversary edition of his Heroin Diaries. Hearing him update it all the way to 2017 is beyond words great, uplifting, hopeful and miraculous. Through all the sex, drugs, rock and roll and more drugs mayhem which led to his death twice, he showed how if you blame your childhood and parents, you'll never truly be happy. Once he stopped blaming, he stopped drugs, forgave all and transformed to a 100% life and habits. If you have any major struggles in life, listening to this book will help.

Nikki as the main reader was spectacular as was voice over actor Ross Marquand. Both brought their all to voicing this and deserve major kudos. The only stumbling block to me was the voice over actor Sophie. While I'm not debating her talent, I do think she was miscast. Her voice grew annoying very quickly with all the grating qualities of the typical millineal and didn't have the sex appeal or gravitas needed to play Vanity/Denise Matthews and the many other women throughout Nikki's life that gave their own words to the book. Ross was able to transform his voice brilliantly, changing it up to the various people he inhabited. Sophie? Not even close.

Otherwise, the book was perfection and I'll never forget it. Major respect to Nikki for transforming his life in every single way to one that is today healthy, vibrant, sane, loving, intellectual, loyal, drug free and an artistic genius.

Shockingly honest in it’s beautiful brutality.

This book touched me on so many levels. Is it strange to say I don’t feel as crazy now? I laughed, got tears eyed, winced, and said “wow, holly shit” more than once. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves and at time can glamorize drugs and rock-n-roll. I will recommend this book to all my friends.

Great book

As a person who also struggles with addiction this is a great book very moving

Thank you Nikki Sixx

Loved the book. I read it first when it came out then just listened to it. I missed a few things when reading. I loved I could hear Nikki's voice when I heard the story over again.

PHENOMENAL!!!

There are so many nuances and avenues to this book. It's raw, it's over the top, it's in your face, but mostly is genuine and from the heart and strikes a chord in you in a way that is hard to explain. Nikki... thanks dude for narrating it. your journal entries can only be read and conveyed through your voice...I DIG IT!! Andy

Great

read the book when it first came out, so I had to listen to the audio book. the only thing I didn't like was the voice of the female narrator

riveting!

From start to finish its a compelling read.You find that even when a rockstar with unlimited money and resources, uses heroin, coke etc, that despair and depression is the only result.

Never new that I like Nikki Sixx so much

The stories were great.The cameos were awesome. I didn't want it to end. I wanted to hear more stories from the Diaries.They were sad and funny and crazy.

Simply Beautiful

Loved it! Very inspiring! Nikki has always been my idol since I was a little girl.