Joey Song, the

A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction

Sandra Swenson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2014
Central Recovery Press (Verlag)
978-1-937612-71-9 (ISBN)

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By the age of twenty, Joey has OD'd, attempted suicide, quit 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.

This is the story of the lesson of "letting go," learned by the codependent mother of an addicted son, a charming but defiant relapser. Hope and despair alternate as all attempts to "help" the son fail. For her own sanity, Sandy must stop trying to control Joey and his disease; however, her love is palpable and undying. Parents will relate to this stark, hopeful tale.

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. Sandy loves to garden, read, and travel, and enjoys every moment spent with her son Rick, a recent graduate from American University in Washington, DC. Sandy now lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.11.2014
Verlagsort	Las Vegas
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
ISBN-10	1-937612-71-6 / 1937612716
ISBN-13	978-1-937612-71-9 / 9781937612719
Zustand	Neuware