A Beautiful Boy is one of the most compelling memoirs, not just addiction memoirs, I have ever read. David Sheff is a very illuminated person and parent. I think that so much of what he says in this simple interview is insightful into our mentality toward teenagers, period.
https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2014/01/beloved-son-fuels-his-fathers-quest-understand-addiction-and-recover