nikki overdosed twice in his life. once in london and once in his house. in london he just got done playing a concert so him and a couple of his junkie friends decided to go to a party. drugs were everywhere and nikki let one of the shoot him up. bad idea. he overdosed immediatly so one of them grabbed a baseball bat and started beating him. they took him downstairs to the alley and threw him in the dumpster. since he was bleeding profusely from being beat the drugs started pouring out of his blood. eventually he came to. the second time he overdosed he was in his house and one of his friends called the ambulance and they used epinephrine to bring him back he was dead for several minutes. in between these two deaths he was clean for several weeks but when he went back on tour he got extremely strung out again. his accountant told him that if he kept using heroin he would be broke in 11 months if not dead. he spent for five thousand dollars a day on drugs a lone. finally he got off and got clean. he wrote this book for all of the people that are on drugs and feel like there is no hope. he wants everyone to know what he went through and how he got back on the right track. he new is writing music for motley crue and his new band sixx am. the new sixx am cd is over this book every song is about a chapter in this book if you get the chance read the book and listen to the cd it really makes you feel what he went through.