The Hamster's Wheel: A Story of Addiction and Recovery

"The Hamster's Wheel+" is a short story of a young single mother's struggle to overcome opioid addiction. Crystal is arrested for a DUI and has the good fortune to be placed in a caring rehabilitation center with a competent community health nurse assigned to her care. The up and down challenges she experiences and the effects on her two young sons give the story a family focus. As the problems of the opioid epidemic have surfaced, people are becoming aware of the need to find answers. "The Hamster's Wheel" provides the reader one successful approach.