In 'Beautiful Boy,' David Sheff shares a profoundly personal narrative of his family's battle with his son Nic's addiction to crystal meth. Once an exuberant and promising young man, Nic's addiction transforms him into a deceitful shadow of himself, straining the bonds of love and trust within his family. Through a journalist’s lens, David meticulously recounts the years of Nic’s descent into addiction, the constant cycle of rehabilitation and relapse, and the resulting turbulence that monopolized their lives. The story is a stark illumination of the tumultuous journey of addiction from a parent’s perspective, a chronicle of the unbearable pain of watching a child lose himself, and a testament to unwavering commitment to reach for hope and healing, despite the darkest of circumstances.