A House on Stilts
by Paula Becker
2020-12-29 19:50:51
A House on Stilts tells the story of one womanâs struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. Paula Beckerâs son Hunter was raised in a safe, nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. H...
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A House on Stilts tells the story of one womanâs struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. Paula Beckerâs son Hunter was raised in a safe, nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright, curious child. And yet, addiction found him. More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half-million of these to heroin. For many of them, their drug addiction leads to lives of demoralization, homelessness, and constant peril. For parents, a childâs addiction upends family life, catapulting them onto a path no longer prescribed by Dr. Spock, but by Danteâs Inferno. Within this ten-year crucible, Paula is transformed by an excruciating, inescapable truth: the difference between what she can do and what she cannot do.
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