Joey Song (eBook)

A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction

Sandra Swenson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
200 Seiten
Central Recovery Press, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-937612-72-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Joey Song illuminates the hard truth—sometimes addicts don’t recover. However, with love and faith, their families can.

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Sometimes addicts don't recovery, but with love and faith their families can.By the age of twenty, Joey had OD'd, attempted suicide, dropped out of college, survived a near-fatal car accident, done time behind bars, and been kicked out of rehab. Now manipulative and hateful, the once sweet and charming Joey is long gone.This is the poignant story of a defiant addict and the mother who won't give up on him. She finally realizes that it hurts more to hand on than to let go, and that letting go is not the same as giving up.Sandra Swensonbeautifully orchestrates a mother's lessons of love and loss, while surviving her son's addiction. Despairing parents of addicts will find comfort in this stark, yet hopeful tale.

Autor

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Sandy Swenson is the mother of two sons—one of whom is an addict. The Joey Song chronicles her journey. Bethesda Magazine featured her story in “Letting Joey Go” in its March/April 2013 issue. As a member of the Junior Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, Sandy created the Bistro Boyz, a program for young men from the National Center for Children and Families’ Greentree Adolescent Program. In 2012, the National Center for Children and Families awarded the Junior Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase the Spirit Award for Humanitarian Advocacy.