Stay Close by Libby Cataldi – Book Review

Ruth Loose88 — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:42:50 +0000

My son is in jail, Miami-Dade County jail. He faces a felony charge for heroin possession and a misdemeanor charge for possession of drug paraphernalia. This isn’t the first time he is in jail; maybe it won’t be the last. Addiction invaded our home in 1991. It slithered in and sat down at our dining room table, grew large and fat, fed on our misery, laughing, mocking us with its power. It claimed Jeff when he was a fourteen-year-old boy. I did everything I could think of to save my son, but in the end I could do nothing, not really, to extricate him or to free our family from addiction’s claw. If you love or care about an addict, you know

Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction by Libby Cataldi – New Book

Ruth Loose88 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:32:18 +0000

Last semester, I met a friend of my aunt who currently resides in Florence, Italy. I got into contact with her after my aunt shot me her e-mail address. She was the principal at my younger cousin's high school in Maryland. Sitting in the famous tourist restaurant, Trattoria Mario's, sharing a Bistecca Fiorentina (Steak Florence-style) Libby Cataldi explained the premise of her first book.

Running through her Italian heritage and her child psychology background, Libby told me that her youngest son developed an addiction to heroin at around the age of 13. He was an addict for the better part of the next 14 years, managing to graduate college and get a prestigious job in New York City's financial district. Libby

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Stay Close by Libby Cataldi – Book Review

Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction by Libby Cataldi – New Book