The Joey Song
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- Synopsis
- 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--more than once. The Joey Song tells the heartbreaking, frustrating, too-familiar story of a defiant, delusional addict and the mother who won't give up on him, until finally it hurts more to hang on than to let go.Told with warmth and wit, The Joey Song may jolt you; it may bring you to tears, and it may shatter every assumption you ever made about the family of an addict. No blame or shame from others can surpass the suffering an addict can inflict on the ones who love him best. Yet author and mother Sandra Swenson discovers life lessons she needed to learn in the experience no mother should ever have to endure.Endure it she does, and not only that, she survives to tell this tale, which has already helped thousands of others.This is the flip side of the heartwarming recovery story we all want to believe in, but it's one that's more common than anyone wants to admit. The Joey Song is the book that lets despairing parents of addicts know it's okay to save your own life when your kid has no intention of saving his.Sandra Swenson is the mother of two sons--one of whom is an addict. As a member of the Junior Women'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.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781937612726
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781937612719
- Publisher:
- Central Recovery Press, LLC
- Date of Addition:
- 09/14/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Sandra Swenson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Self-Help, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.