The Intersect: Memoirs of a Addict's Mom

Terror grips the heart in the middle of the night. Pain crushes the heart in the middle of the day. Deception and distance break the bonds of family ties, while shame and guilt cut the cords of social ties. Drug addiction! The fastest growing deadly disease this country has ever faced. Yet the social stigma and taboo that surround it have hushed the tortured cries of its victims.

This is the story of − just one Mom − of just one addict. Multiply this by millions and that is what is silently sounding all across this nation. Dare to delve deeply into my darkness, surrender your heart to my pain, allow yourself to peer inside the hidden world of horror that I must daily face. And, allow my scars to write the pages of a new chapter in the story of this disease!

Written for the people who love an addict and people who know someone who loves an addict, this book promises to reveal some of the hidden reality lived out each day by those affected by drug addiction. It offers support and encouragement to those who love an addict as well as awareness and insight to those who know someone who loves an addict.