What I Couldn't Tell You: One Man's Struggle with Opioid Addiction
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0998356905 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Addicts are full of love, and are desperately seeking someone to accept love, yet are heartlessly dominated and disenfranchised.If you want to help fight the addiction epidemic at home or on the streets, What I Couldn’t Tell You will give you the truth addicts rarely reveal.. After a clinical procedure, he received a prescription for Vicodin. Shortly before his death, Matt told his mother, “If anything happens to me, my journals will explain everything.” They do.What I Couldn’t Tell You is a diary of Matt’s life until his death at age 25 from an overdose. Though Matt takes responsibility for his predicament, his experiences make it clear that addiction is a societal problem. He felt “touched by God” after taking the first pill and was never the same. Matt paints a self-portrait of a young man who’s intelligent, articulate, and full of dreams, and who wishes more than anything to break his curse so he can find love and acceptance. His journal presents a fascinating look at the culture, shame, isolation, and frustration of addiction. Matt Edward’s story began when he was a high school freshman. Readers gain valuable insight into addicts and society through daily drug intake records, surprising avenues for drug access, and grievous failures by those charged with helping addicts recover. Friends and family, the legal system, the medical system, pharmaceutical companies, spiritual institut
Moving, timely, and important. Sarah Ginter Matt Edwards was my friend from high school. We hadn't spoken in years, and in the interest of full disclosure, we were not extremely close. But we talked when we saw each other, and we had many mutual friends. After I graduated, we grew apart and didn't see each other for a few years, but in September of 2008 we found each other on Facebook and started to reconnect. I don't sleep well at night and neither did he. Quite a few times, we found each other on Messenger and chatted for a while before we at least tried to sleep. It was wonderful talking to him again, and reminded me . Excellent content. Fast paced story. Unique approach to helping addicts and understanding this epidemic. These journals helped me fully understand the heart of addiction. I read so much on the science behind addiction but nothing really helped me understand what an addict really goes through daily and why they can't tell people what they are truly experiencing until I read these journals. I would suggest this book for addicts too. It would really help open up the truth in their hearts and minds with love and understanding. The journals and the mother's reflections show just how complicated the problem is and how society's response to addiction only makes them hide, suffer alone, a. Ashley Jaeger said This books makes you think, about the past,. This books makes you think, about the past, present, and future. About addiction struggle and life its self. Thank you Jane for putting this together to share for all of us who knew Matt, but yet didn't really know Matt.