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.

72 long hours
Chapter 5 brenda zane Chapter 5 brenda zane

72 long hours

At some point on Saturday one of the many doctors came in and said they were going to take John for a CAT scan - I wasn't exactly sure what a CAT scan would tell us but assumed it was a way to check his brain for damage.

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