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December 8, 2009
I feel like the drugs have taken over my soul. What happened
to the strong, motivated young woman I was last spring? The impending doom sets in as
I realize my disease has never been this bad....I wonder what I can possibly do to break free from it's grasp
and remember the life I used to love and show up for.....
I stand today as:
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Amy Caruso was a junior in the nursing program
at Boston College and seemed to have everything going for her. But in November 2009, she
admitted she was a heroin addict and voluntarily
entered treatment. Five weeks later, just shy of
her twenty-first birthday, she died from an overdose
at the treatment facility. Melissa Weiksnar wrote
Heroin's Puppet so parents, educators, clinicians,
and young people can learn from her daughter's
six-year battle with substances, especially from
the journals Amy wrote while in rehab.
“Telling Amy’s story is a sacred and solemn
task, as I‘m sure she never imagined her
rehab journals would be read by others,
much less published. Amy and I should
have written this book together.”
—Melissa Weiksnar
“I’m amazed by the strength and courage shown by Melissa
in telling the story of her daughter Amy’s fight with drugs.
Her message about the dangers of addiction, and the
need for parents to talk to their kids and monitor their
activities to keep them safe is right on.”
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