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.
doing the hard work
We quickly fell into a new daily, hourly routine which was much busier (and louder) than the previous hospital. The acute-inpatient physical rehab program occupies about half of the 8th floor of the hospital and looks like a cross between a psych ward and a not-fancy gym.