Once lost to addiction, a father finds a new life and a second chance with his son. Alternately heartwarming and hope-inspiring, Dopefiend proves the adage that the disease of addiction tears families apart, but recovery can put families back together again.
Long-distance relationships are never easy, and the relationship described in this book between a recovering heroin addict and his son growing up in a faraway state is proof of that axiom. However, no matter the difficulties, the author uses the principles learned in his twelve-step program to forge a powerful bond between himself and the son he left behind at age three as that boy grows to maturity and a new closeness with his fatherand that father's second family. Heartwarming and hope-inspiring, Dopefiend also chronicles the help the author was able to give his son when the 'family disease' of addiction threatened the young man's life.
