Nic Sheff, the author, met Lauren originally in high school and dated briefly, but she was a senior and was rumored to have been a 'tweak', basically. They slept together for a few weeks during this time period. Five years later he meets her again in San Francisco after relapsing once again into drug use. Lauren is a fellow addict as well and the pair have a very tumultuous relationship that leans towards codependent frequently.
We don't think she's famous, and Nic didn't mention her much in his book.
"Lauren" is "April" in Beautiful Boy.
Some thought the women the character Zelda was based on in Tweak by Nic Sheff could be the actress Tatum O'Neal or the actress Tawny Kitaen (who appeared in Whitesnake videos in the 1980s).
TL stands for Tenderloin. It's a neighborhood in SF where a lot of homeless addicts end up
As of June 2014, Nic Sheff is still living a sober life. Nic writes his own blog about his sobriety.
...and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something i'd lost a long time ago. "As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what otehrs say is irrelevant." "And though I have done many shameful things, I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of who I am because I know who I am. I have tried to rip myself open and expose everything inside - accepting my weaknesses and strengths - not trying to be anyone else.'Cause that never works, does it?
NIC stands for Network Interface Controller.
Nic Sheff himself.
Nic Sheff lived in San Francisco.
Nic Sheff is the author of Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines. He was born on July 20, 1982 in San Francisco, California.
Some thought the women the character Zelda was based on in Tweak by Nic Sheff could be the actress Tatum O'Neal or the actress Tawny Kitaen (who appeared in Whitesnake videos in the 1980s).
Nic Sheff is a writer and recovering drug addict. He is the author of Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines, and We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction.
Nic Sheff, Zelda, Lauren, Gack, Mike, his stepmother, Akira, father, his little brother, Jasper, and Daisy, his sister, Spencer, Bullet, Virginia, Adam, Trevor, and many other people are in the book Tweak. Many of these names are fake to protect the identities of the people who were written about.
TL stands for Tenderloin. It's a neighborhood in SF where a lot of homeless addicts end up
Vicki Sheff
If you are referring to the book, Tweak then it is a book about a kid who grows up on drugs, and of course, becomes addicted. It's an amazing book, if you haven't read it yet, you should. The author is Nic Sheff. Tweak is also the slang term for being high, or to do crack/cocaine.
Vicki Sheff-Cahan, writer at People magazine. Her husband, the stepfather that Nic writes disparagingly about, is Christopher Sykes Cahan.
July 20th, 1982 His father says so in Beautiful Boy.
I think a really good book is "Tweak [growing up on methamphetamines]" By: Nic Sheff