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Off the rails : one family's journey through teen addiction / Susan Burrowes

by Burrowes, Susan.

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She Writes Press, 2018.

362.29092 B972o

Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Biography.

Drug addiction -- Treatment.

Teenagers -- Drug use -- United States.

Drug addicts -- Family relationships.

9781631524677 (pbk.)

308 p. ; 22 cm.

Fifteen-year-old Hannah was a privileged young girl with a promising future, but that didn't stop her from sliding into an abyss of sex, drugs, alcohol, and other high-risk behaviors. Off the Rails narrates Hannah's sudden decline and subsequent treatment through the voices of Hannah and her shocked and desperate mother--each one telling her side of the story. Fearing that they couldn't keep their teen safe, Hannah's parents made the agonizing decision to send her to a wilderness program, and then to residential treatment. Off the Rails tells the story of the two tough years Hannah spent in three separate programs--and ponders the factors that contributed to her ultimate recovery. Written for parents of teens experimenting with high-risk behaviors, as well as those trying to navigate the controversial world of teen treatment programs, Off the Rails is a story of family love, determination, and the last-resort intervention that helped one troubled young woman find sobriety after a terrifying and harrowing journey.

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