Informal Writing

Chloe Brotherton

English 1510

September 12, 2012

Informal Writing

                Nikki Sixx from Motely Crue has had a crazy life… Actually, crazy would be an understatement.  He has written many books about his experiences, and one I have read and become quite fond of is “The Heroin Diaries.”  It’s basically his diary from when he was a heroin addict, with his own input after each entry.  It’s extremely fascinating; one entry was about how he saw evil midgets in his house, so he ran and hid in his closet and actually stayed there for a couple of days.  Nikki was a very tortured person, but he was also very creative and a good writer; all of the ingredients needed to make an interesting book.  One time he overdosed and his friends left him in a dumpster.  He was eventually found and taken to a hospital, where his life was saved.  After overdosing, he decided to turn his life around by quitting heroin and breaking away from his friends and girlfriend who were contributing to his addiction (even though he relapsed later on through the years, but that’s beside the point).

                Published in 2007, “The Heroin Diaries” was written once Nikki had calmed down and grown up a bit.  Nikki had always enjoyed writing, and this was definitely a story worth sharing.  He was very inspired writing this piece because the heroin had completely taken over his life for many years; he even described the heroin as “Hell”.  Once he overcame this awful drug, he felt he needed to share his experience to the world.  The life of a Rock ‘n’ Roll star isn’t always rainbows and butterflies; we as readers saw a very vulnerable, tortured, and dark side of Nikki Sixx.