If you love me : a mother's memoir of a daughter's opioid addiction
(Book)

Fast-paced and heartwarming, devastating and redemptive, Maureen's incredible odyssey into the opioid crisis-first as a parent, then as an advocate-is ultimately a deeply moving mother-daughter story. When Maureen and her ex-husband Mike see their daughter Katie's needle track marks for the first time, it is a complete shock. But, slowly, the drug use explains everything-Katie's constant exhaustion, erratic moods, and all those spoons that have gone missing from the house. Once Mike and Maureen get Katie into detox, Maureen goes to sleep that night hoping that in 48 hours she'll have her daughter back. It's not that simple. Like the millions of parents and relatives all over the country-some of whom she has helped through her nonprofit organization-Maureen learns that recovery is neither straightforward nor brief.