Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines

What role does Nic’s father play in his life and his drug addiction? How would you characterize their relationship? 

What role does Nic’s mother play in his life and his drug addiction? How would you characterize their relationship? How does this relationship affect Nic’s romantic life?

Why does Nic fixate on the children that he encounters throughout the memoir? What do children represent for Nic? 

Throughout his life, Nic has been to numerous treatment centers for his drug addiction. Why does the Safe Passage Center’s approach to treatment work especially well for him? How does their treatment process differ? 

Why is it important to Nic to address the physical and emotional trauma that he has developed throughout his life? What are some of these physical and emotional traumas, and how did they shape Nic? 

What role does Zelda play in Nic’s life? What does Zelda represent for Nic? How is his relationship with Zelda different from his relationship with Lauren? 

Nic’s past as a sex worker haunts him throughout the work, although he says little about it. What were his experiences prostituting himself? How did prostitution impact Nic? 

Why is Nic obsessed with Hollywood? How does Hollywood factor into his life, and how does it make him feel?