Second Posting

I recently picked up a book at the library with the title Crystal Lies by Melody Carlson. I was walking through the shelves of books and its teal book bind caught my eye; I must confess, I am a sucker for fun colored book binds sitting on the self. I pulled it out from the other books and preceded to read the synopsis, which described that the book was about a mother and her family’s experience with a drug addicted son. I began reading a few pages on the car ride home and I found it really interesting. This quote specifically intrigued me, “Just to hear his voice on the phone reassures that he’s not lying dead in a Dumpster somewhere, the result of an overdose or a disgruntled drug supplier who hasn’t been paid on time. Despite my departure from what used to be my life, I still read the paper and watch the news, and I know for a fact that these things do happen” (pg. 7). This quote came from a section of the book where the author was describing an experience she had once when her son didn’t come home for a week. She was extremely worried and she didn’t even know if he was alive. This quote really struck me, because I can’t imagine being in this situation. To not know where a loved one was for a whole week would be devastating. This passage showed how this teen’s addiction did not only affect him, but also his loving family. In the next few pages, Carlson explained how her life had been turned upside down by her son’s issues. She had gone from a stay-at-home mother living in a fancy house, driving snazzy cars, to a single woman living in an apartment building, driving a dumpy Ford Taurus. I can’t wait to keep reading this book, and so far, this book has thoroughly solidified my prior beliefs that DRUGS ARE DUMB!