Love Always, Mom

According to statistics, Children of addicts are eight times more likely to develop an addiction, develop greater mental and physical health problems, and experience difficulty in school.

So, people say that children like me often end up like their parents. The apple doesn’t fall quite too far from the tree.

My dad, frequently likes to remind me that I was one of the special ones, who didn’t let my “predetermined” future be my reason to stop trying.

Love Always, Mom, is my personal reflection about coming to terms with my childhood trauma and the complexities around my relationship with my mother and her drug use.

For so long I silenced myself because I felt like this thing I dealt with didn’t matter. But it does.

And I hope by speaking about my struggle to find answers, it gets others to look for their own answers as well and encourages a better understanding to addiction.