Jessica possesses a sharp intelligence and a vibrant love for life. Sadly, this vitality is channeled into a destructive existence: she’s a heroin addict living in an abandoned building, dependent on a boyfriend who injects her with the dru…

Consumed by grief after losing her children, a thirty-two-year-old woman sought solace in drugs, disregarding the anguished appeals of her loved ones.

Ryan had been poised for a career in professional BMX racing as a teenager when his mother’s suicide attempt abruptly derailed his life. He began using drugs as a way to navigate the trauma and the suffocating silence that followed. Now twe…

Gina had lived her life overshadowed by her mother’s controlling presence, and it was only through heroin use that she found a temporary refuge from the most searing memories—the accusations leveled against her regarding a past assault. Now…

Eric, thirty-one years old, had always been known within his family as someone with a ready laugh, an open hand, and an irrepressible spirit. Now, however, a descent into addiction has eclipsed those qualities, transforming him into a man d…

Once a gentle, imaginative youth, he succumbed to addiction later in life, drawn into the grip of crystal meth and GHB.

Once a dancer of considerable skill, she found herself caught in the grip of an addiction to oxycontin.