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Love? What is this thing that people have written about, sang about, talked about, and experienced? Is it an emotion or a feeling? An action?  Is it a phenomenon? What is this thing that everyone wants, but doesn't actually know what it is?  Let's face it: we hear people all the time saying that love is the remedy to the world's problems blah blah blah etc. Yet, with all preaching we don't even know what we need; we don't know what love is. I think we once knew what it was, but got lost in all the commotion. We don't take time to understand what it is; we just regurgitate what somebody else says until it spirals beyond control, and we get caught up in our own mess; in our own lies. Wow, that was depressing. Anyway, I digress. So, on to the point, what is love? Personally, I think that pure, real, true love is out of human reach. I know what some of you are thinking, and you don't have to agree with me. So, chill out. Anyway, I believe this because I look aro...

I really enjoyed this book. It not only discusses the struggles of a drug addict, but the struggles we have as humans. This memoir resonated with me, and I think it will you too. In short, this should be a must read on everyone's list. It says and shows so many things that people deal with, and I found it to be a inciteful telling of what it's like to live. This book is a memoir by Nic Sheff. He goes through many traumatic things in which he constantly rejects as being bad or harmful. He writes form the start of the book, "So I just started smoking some pot and what harm could that do me anyway? H***, my dad used to smoke pot. Most everyone in my family did. Our friends did - it was totally accepted. But with me things were different. . .It just affected me in a way that didn't seem normal. . .My friend drank a little bit and stopped, unable to take anymore. The thing was I couldn't stop." We all do the same thing. We choose our own reality; most of ...

        I have read a lot of reviews about the movie adaption of this book. Unfortunately, they're not very positive, and, although, I have not seen the movie, I'm sure Hollywood did a magnificent job of butchering this beautiful story. If you have also read these reviews, please, don't let them deter you from reading this book, because I can assure you that this book is great(and probably much better than the movie.)       So, when I started reading this book I didn't like it. I'm sorry. I know, it's terrible. This fact really bummed me out, but now that I look back I actually like it better that way. I thought that Stella was really annoying at first because she was all about organization and control. Everything had to be exactly right, and her and her friends were really girly and giggly and obnoxious. And on top of all of that she has a YouTube channel for empowering all of those with cystic fibrosis (whoop-te-do.)    ...