Slow Dancing with the Devil

A Son's Substance Use Disorder, A Mother's Anguish

Susan Bartz Herrick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9389-7 (ISBN)

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A poignant and compelling memoir that exposes the rampant prescribing of Oxycontin, upwards of 600mg daily in cases like the author’s son, and the role over-prescribing plays in the disease of Substance Use Disorder.

Susan Herrick's memoir follows the story of her beloved and only son, Luke, through his struggle with opioid addiction, recovery and sobriety, and untimely and heartbreaking death. Luke suffered a near-fatal car accident that left him partially paralyzed and addicted to Oxycontin, the very drug that helped save his life. Susan turned to the streets to obtain Suboxone, a legal but medically restricted opioid blocker, in an attempt to save her son's life. Remembering this, she writes, "The day I became my son's drug dealer, we both died, in a way."

This poignant and compelling memoir exposes the rampant prescribing of Oxycontin, upwards of 600mg daily in cases like Luke's, and the role overprescribing plays in the disease of Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Through Luke's story, Herrick addresses failed public policies, misguided medical practices, societal stigmas, and enabling tendencies of loved ones that hinder recovery for those afflicted with SUD.

Susan Bartz Herrick, MFA, EdD., is a retired professor at UNC-Fayetteville, St. Andrews University, and Methodist University. Early in her career, she was a Community Liaison Specialist at HCA Cumberland Psychiatric Hospital and Treatment Center, giving seminars on Mental Health Disorders and Addiction.

Table of Contents
Foreword by Angela Kennecke
Preface
Chapter 1. Once Upon a Time
Chapter 2. The Little White Pill
Chapter 3. The Price Tag
Chapter 4. Tough Love
Chapter 5. The Circle of Life
Chapter 6. A New Start
Chapter 7. The Unseen Enemy
Chapter 8. Broken Policies
Chapter 9. The Golden Years
Chapter 10. The Perfect Storm
Chapter 11. Dying for Change
Afterword by Arun Gupta, M.D.
Acknowledgments
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.02.2024
Zusatzinfo	24 photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
ISBN-10	1-4766-9389-7 / 1476693897
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9389-7 / 9781476693897
Zustand	Neuware