In what ways is <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Themes" href="https://www.supersummary.com/beautiful-boy/themes/#103291">denial</a> central to both Nic’s and Sheff’s struggles?

Why is Nic’s search for new, edgier music symbolically significant to his later drug addiction?

How does Sheff’s understanding of <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Themes" href="https://www.supersummary.com/beautiful-boy/themes/#103289">recovery</a> change throughout the book?

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