We deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.
David SheffAlong with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying
David SheffIf you subscribe to the idea that # addiction is a disease, it is startling to see how many of these children - paranoid, anxious, bruised, tremulous, withered, in some cases psychotic - are seriously ill, slowly dying. We'd never allow such a scene if these kids had any other disease. They would be in a hospital, not on the streets.
David Sheff