Devil's Avatar - Another Perspective for Addicts and Their Families
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (527 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1937293696 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Addicts and their families can identify with Kelly's story and hopefully will gain some of her parents' hard-won insight and Kelly's late truths to help them win their own battles against drug and alcohol addiction.. All comes clear after Kelly dies and the parents have access to her notebooks and files; the rare honesty revealed in her writings about her inner turmoil of drug addiction is the spine of the book. Along the way, as the parents try desperately to save their daughter, they have an insight about what force is really in play and find their own lives changing as they begin to look at life and people in a new light of tolerance. The Devil is used as a metaphor to visualize evil, which the parents begin to realize permeates everything associated with the poisons of drugs and alcohol when abused. Devil's
She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in German Literature from the University of Arizona and a Master of International Management degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management. . Denise Snow lives in Arizona
excellent reading for anyone who has loved one with an addiction. Brave account of family's desperation to help their adult daughter stop using drugs. Honestly written and true to what occurs in families of addicts. A patient shared this book with but she like the Snow Family wanted sobriety more than their daughter.. Sobering but important viewpoint on addiction and its effect on the family PsychNerd This is a personal and very sobering memoir of a family torn apart by drug addiction, written by the mother of the addict. The author describes in detail how Kelly, an apparently happy and healthy only child from a typical middle-class family slowly loses connection with her family and is drawn into the grips of addiction.While written from her mother's perspective, . "Powerful & Heart-wrenching" according to kAZ00Powerful & Heart-wrenching A true and painfully open account of the struggle addicts and their families face, told from the perspective of a mother who tried desperately to save her only child from the darkness and destruction that eventually claimed her daughter's life. Insightful and direct, this book was an easy and gripping read that managed to break my heart while still giving me comfort . . A true and painfully open account of the struggle addicts and their families face, told from the perspective of a mother who tried desperately to save her only child from the darkness and destruction that eventually claimed her daughter's life. Insightful and direct, this book was an easy and gripping read that managed to break my heart while still giving me comfort
. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in German Literature from the University of Arizona and a Master of International Management degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management. About the AuthorDenise Snow lives in Arizona