In the Grip

 

A child’s addiction. A family’s journey.

My hope is that telling this part of our story will open a conversation with someone who needs it. My words here are real, written through pain but told so we can start to unshackle ourselves from the stigma of addiction.

The most important thing to know is you're not on this path alone. There are thousands of people exactly where you are and if we put our voices together we can help each other through.

hospital #2
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hospital #2

Over those few days we tried explaining to John what was coming next but that was a little bit like talking to a distracted 2 year old, we had no idea if he was processing what we were telling him. And if he did, the next time he woke up we had to start all over again with why he was even in the hospital so we decided to just proceed and hope for the best.

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