Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction

STAY CLOSE is an intense account of what a child’s drug addiction feels like from a parent’s point of view—of what the family did wrong, of what they did right, of how they often thought they were supporting Jeffrey but were instead supporting his habit. This is a tough, honest, and intimate tale told by a mother about her son, Jeff Bratton, who is a heroin addict. Through reflective narration and personal diary entries she tells about loss, family suffering, and death. Hers is a deeply emotional story that chronicles her son’s severe addiction, one that corrodes all relationships from the inside out. It is a story of deep trauma and deep hopelessness, but also deep hope.