Karla Klear Sky: A Meth Addict's Mother's Memoir
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Rating | : | 4.94 (930 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1440462011 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-11-13 |
Language | : | English |
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Susan Schaeberle said Comfort for Good Parents who will always love their addicted children. As an intensive care nurse, I frequently found myself supporting grieving families as they watched their addicted children struggle to live. It is rarely possible to obtain an intimate relationship with these families and is therefore difficult to identify with events that lead up to the life and death crisis that bring us together. I didn't really begin to understand anything until I had teenagers of my own. As a parent of now adult children, I understand the feelings of helplessness that al. Karla Klear Sky Karla Klear Sky: A Meth Addict's Mother's MemoirAs painful as it was to read Karla's book, once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I appreciated reading that as parents we are not responsible for the lives our children choose to live, no matter what values and morals they have been raised by, and we should not accept the blame that others try to place on us. Everything goes out the window once a person becomes involved with an addiction. The frustration, isolation and hopelessness . So honest it hurts, so genuine it's helpful Like the monstrous addiction that is at the heart of the story, Karla Garrison's book grips you from page one and does not let go of you, even after you finish it. The emotions are so raw, the stories so real, the pain so palpable that you feel it with each chapter you read.While it was hard to look beyond this openly honest, almost voyeuristic account, I was also able to appreciate the apt metaphors and chillingly descriptive writing that Garrison employs in painting her dark story with word
Garrison, M.A. About the Author Karla V. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest. is a clinical therapist with a master's degree in Psychology & Counseling. . She is also an award-winning singer and public speaker
A first of its kind, this combined portrait, memoir and companion musical CD, prepare parents for the rigors of recovery. A mother's life explodes when she discovers her son is a meth addict. As he disappears into addiction, it takes her with him, until she learns, parents can recover even if their children don't. To purchase the CD, please see link back cover.. If you are the parent of a chemically addicted son or daughter, you have found the right book. Lifted from a private journal and dotted with humor, but also graphic and explicit, it equips parents. This blunt confessional is a multi-media project that
Garrison, M.A. Karla V. She lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest. She is also an award-winning singer and public speaker. . is a clinical therapist with a master's degree in Psychology & Counseling