An Addict in the Family – Just Between Us
I work as a volunteer in drug abuse awareness, using shock and awe statistics to wake people up to the fact that we have a drug crisis in our American suburbs. The headline happened to us: “Christian family tries to do all the right things and son descends into drug use.” I still cry when I share how I first heard our son say to a room full of people, “My name is Ted, and I’m an alcoholic and a drug addict.” Wait, what?I could document my story as the confused and scared mom whose son for ten years descended into the nightmare of drug addiction, but I know you’ve heard plenty of them. The news chronicles shocked parents who never dreamed their bright and beautiful child would ingest prescription pills for sport, and are shocked to find he or she can’t live without them or even dies from them. Some of those heartbroken parents are still watching the downward spiral, some lost their children, and some have seen their child find recovery. I am the latter. Imagine how grateful we are if you can.
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