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Contrary to the idea that it is the parents who leave a legacy for their children, in this book, it is Alex who bestows a legacy--a gift--to his mother and the rest of his family through his tireless struggle of rebuilding himself away from the world of drugs. Alex's own narration, along with the perspectives of his family and friends, drives a compelling and emotional yet incredibly important narrative. Understanding Alex's story can, without a doubt, help parents and loved ones learn more about the world of addiction and familiarize them with different stereotypes about this illness....

They say there is no place like home. That might be true. Unless of course, your home is a neighborhood with buildings so closely packed and stacked that they blocked out all sunlight and hope. Of course, that also means it locks in liars, thieves and drug dealers. When your home is in a place so volatile that the devil himself would give it a wide berth, the only direction you're trying to move ... is out.

Seraphina Glen had come up from an average street hustler to a married woman with a prestigious address and two teenage twin stepchildren. She walked away from her old life...

This is a true story about my life. Only the names were changed to protect the identity of my family. I am portrayed as Sierra. I was born in 1976 to a poverty-stricken family in the South. My father was an egotistical man who did not want a family, and my mother was a melodramatic woman who longed for a fairy tale. My parents divorced when I was four years old, and Mom moved on to a man named Gregory who she believed was the man of her dreams--the polar opposite of my dad. That relationship began our life of hell, and thus my struggle began.

Gregory turned out to be a...

Contrariamente a la idea de que son los padres los que dejan un legado a los hijos, en este libro, es Alex, a travEs de su historia, el que le otorga una herencia a su madre y a toda la familia: la de la lucha incansable por reconstruirse a sI mismo, lejos de los espacios de las drogas. Dilucidar quE sucediO en esta historia, puede, sin duda, ayudar a otros padres a que conozcan mAs sobre el mundo de las adicciones, asI como darles a conocer los distintos clichEs que se han producido en torno a esta enfermedad; para que asI, al contar con mAs herramientas, puedan enfrentar, de la mejor...