My Mom Was Everything I Wanted To Be. Then She Became Addicted To Oxycontin.
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My Mom Was Everything I Wanted To Be. Then She Became Addicted To Oxycontin.

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The author with her sister Jessie and their mom at the Jersey Shore, around 1988. “Ignore it,” Andy said when he saw my mom’s name on my phone screen. “She’s a sweetheart, your mom,” he said as he led me down the hall, and I was surprised by a sudden sluice of tears. “And you’re one of the cuckoos.” We made small talk for a few minutes, and then my mom looked at me intently with damp, clear eyes. Courtesy of Kristin Fasy It has been three years since my mom “woke up,” as she calls it, and now we spend a lot of time giggling on the phone.

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