MÖTLEY CRÜE's Nikki Sixx Speaks Out For National Recovery Month
September 2, 2008, 16 years ago
The following story is courtesy of Christa Titus from Billboard.com:
Last September, Nikki Sixx's harrowing memoir of addiction, The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star, debuted at No. 7 on the New York Times Book Review nonfiction best-seller list. The book's companion album, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (Eleven Seven Music), is also a success, having landed the No. 2 Hot Mainstream Rock hit 'Life Is Beautiful' and top 30 song 'Pray For Me'.
A year later, reception for Diaries is still warm. The MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist recently received a Prism Award from the Entertainment Industries Council that commended his accurate portrayal of addiction on the album. New single 'Tomorrow', which is being worked to radio, was recently selected by NAADAC, the Assn. for Addiction Professionals, as one of the themes for National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.
Sixx remains hot on the topic of recovery and is considering other methods to help spread awareness about National Recovery Month and the Mental Health Parity Act, which provides parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.
"Here we are a year later and [I'm thinking], 'What can I talk about, what can I say that will make people that are in recovery want to stand up and support Recovery Month?'" he says. "A friend of mine said, 'You know, the fact that you did a really honest book and it changed people's lives, that's something to talk about.' It's a year later and the book is still selling, and it's still changing people's lives."Read more here.
