Nikki Sixx Speaks On Capitol Hill

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 — Motley Crue founding
member Nikki Sixx whose brutally honest upcoming book The Heroin Diaries: A
Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star (due September 18th from MTV
Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster) chronicles his battles with drug addiction
and his road to recovery, will be a featured speaker at the 18th Annual
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month luncheon on Capitol
Hill, September 6th. He is the first rock star to speak at this event — a
particularly ironic distinction since he was once one of the wildest men in
rock.

NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals invited Sixx to
share his story at this national forum alongside Terry Cline, Ph.D,
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), and H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, Director, SAMHSA Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment.
The Heroin Diaries, and accompanying CD, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack,
(released August 21st via Eleven Seven Music) offers insight into Sixx’s
self- destruction with substance abuse, and his subsequent freedom from
addiction. The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack, written and produced by Sixx:
A.M. (Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba), was inspired by haunting diary
entries that became The Heroin Diaries. Although the album was not intended
for radio, the lead single, “Life Is Beautiful” is already in the top 20 on
the rock radio charts.
Twenty-five percent of the book’s profits go to “Running Wild In The
Night” — Sixx’s fundraising initiative for Covenant House California,
which helps keep runaway, abused and abandoned youth off the streets.
About Nikki Sixx
Nikki Sixx was born Frank Feranna in San Jose, California in 1958 and
was reared by his grandparents in Seattle. He founded Motley Crue in 1981
and in a few short years, had international success, with worldwide sales
exceeding more than 40 million albums. Motley Crue had one of the
top-grossing tours of 2005, with all four members reuniting to play before
one million people throughout the U.S.
About NAADAC
NAADAC is the largest organization representing addiction counselors
and educators. “We Help People Recover Their Lives!” For more information
visit http://www.naadac.org

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