If you love me : a mother's journey through her daughter's opioid addiction
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/CAVANAGH,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir MEMOIR/CAVANAGH,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018
©2018
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xiii, 208 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781250297341, 1250297346 :, 1250297346, 9781250297341
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Winter 2017 -- Winter 2015 -- Spring -- Early summer (part one) -- Late summer (part two) -- Fall -- Winter 2016 -- Spring 2016 -- Summer 2016 -- Late summer & fall 2016 -- Winter 2017 -- Spring 2017 -- The end of summer 2017

The founder of the Magnolia New Beginnings nonprofit peer-support group shares the story of her confrontation with the opioid epidemic in the wake of her daughter's sudden and brutal battle with substance abuse

When Maureen and her ex-husband Mike see their daughter Katie's needle track marks for the first time, it is a complete shock. The opioid use explains everything-- and as they get her into detox, Maureen hopes that in 48 hours she'll have her daughter back. Maureen learns that recovery is neither straightforward nor brief, and is launched into the shadowy world of overcrowded, for-profit rehabilitation centers that often prey on worried parents. As she becomes an expert on getting others into detox and treatment centers, Maureen remains powerless to save her own daughter. -- adapted from jacket