ABSTRACT
In his brilliant and moving book, Beautiful Boy, David Sheff writes hauntingly of his son’s addiction to meth: “Nic high is a ghost, a specter, and when he is high, my lovely son is dormant, pushed aside, hidden away in some inaccessible corner of his consciousness” (Sheff, 2008, p. 269). Drug addiction is a horror for the addict and his loved ones alike. In the world of therapy, young men hold a rotten distinction: They have more substance-abuse problems and addictions than any other population. Any therapist who works with this group of guys must be well prepared for a wide range of substance-abuse issues from the occasional pot smoker to the binge drinker to the coke addict. Young men are often no strangers to significant substance-abuse problems.
