Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff – and tells the brutal story of addiction through the lens of Nic's (played by Chalamet) father David (played by Steve Carell). In an eye-opening ...

The book and the film follow David Sheff’s son, Nic Sheff, through his addiction journey. The book and the film have been praised for their honesty in depicting what drug addiction looks like.

Nic Sheff is a columnist for The Fix and the author of two memoirs about his struggles with addiction, the New York Times-bestselling Tweak and We All Fall Down.