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.
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Perched in my recliner I watched endless procedures happening and after a while sort of settled into the rhythm of care. There were several exciting but then also disappointing moments when the nurses would test John's ability to breathe on his own by lowering the output of his ventilator...only to find out he wasn't able to continue breathing so they would reset it to full capacity.