Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780996254304)

D'Anne Burwell's smart, athletic son-raised in a loving and prosperous home-begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands homeless on the streets of Boulder. Struggling with fear, guilt, and a desperate need to protect her son, D'Anne grapples with her husband's anger and her daughter's depression as the family disease of addiction impacts them all. She discovers the terrifying links between prescription-drug abuse and skyrocketing heroin use. And she comes to understand that to save her child she must step back and allow him to fight for his own soul. SAVING JAKE gives voice to the devastation shared by the families of addicts, and provides vital hope. Above all, it is a powerful personal story of love and redemption.

Author: D'Anne Burwell
ISBN-10: 0996254307
ISBN-13: 9780996254304
Publisher: Focusup Books
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2015
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2016