num_pages: 252
description: "This book is about a mother, who wish to share to others, the story of her sonwho was a victim of drug addiction at the tender age of 12.  She poignantly relates how her son wasdebauched by his peers at school, to indulge in his deplorable habit of drug use;drugs almost ruined his life forever, have it not been for the relentlessdevotion of his mother to seek help for her son.  She rehabilitated her son countless times, bychecking him into different rehab centers, so as only to distance him from hisfriends, who were the nexus to his addiction.Her efforts and perseverancefinally paid off, when her son was able to recover inch by inch completelyafter13 long years of drug abuse.She wish to share hereffectiveness and convey this advice to parents who have the same problems, notto give up in helping your son, daughter, brother or sister who are drugdependents.  Treat them with compassion,love and understanding as you do to sick people, because physically, emotionallyand psychologically, they really are sick. One way or the other, they did not choose to be what they are.  They are victims of the cancer in our societywhich is drugs.Note - The names of the personsand places like cities and towns and provinces are all fictitious to protecttheir identity and privacy.  All of theseevents happened in the Phillipines."
language: English
title: My Son's Drug Odyssey
titlecomplete: My Son's Drug Odyssey (The Miracle Boy)
publisher: Authorhouse