Thin Wire

A mothers journey through her daughters heroin addiction.

by: Christine Lewry

Thin Wire is an honest and intimate account of heroin addiction told by both mother and daughter. Amber is introduced to drugs and becomes addicted without her mother's knowledge. She meets a dealer who feeds her habit. Whilst living together, they are raided by the police. Bailed to her mother's address with a £200-a-day addiction, Amber doesn't think her family will accept her back when they discover the truth. When she's charged by the police with dealing class A drugs and accepting stolen goods, she fears she'll go to prison. Trying to feed her habit alone, Amber meets a fellow addict who offers to introduce her to prostitution. The prospect terrifies her, but will her mother help her?
An unflinching story that looks at drug addiction from two sides. The book's concluding section offers two sets of personal guidelines; one for addicts, the other for parents or partners of addicts, while the in-depth, harrowing real life story vividly illustrates the difficulties of overcoming addiction. In a society where 50% of teenagers experiment with drugs, Amber is every mother's child. She could be yours.

My Review:

 Wow, this was a hard book to read. True story written by mother and daughters point of view. Heroin addiction is awful, the daughters description of her addiction and how she thought of nothing else was very sobering. The mom kind of made me mad, she wasn't a very good mom in her daughters early life. But, she did step up to the plate when she found out about her daughters addiction and did everything she could to help. It seems almost impossible for anyone to get over a heroin addiction. From reading this book, I felt that the most way people end their addiction is through death. The daughter (Amber) literally will do almost anything to get heroin, it has over taken her life in every way.  It was sad to read, hard to think about. Something I would never wish on any person.  Neither of them are professional writers, so it is just raw and truthful, exactly what happened. I can't say I enjoyed it, it was too sad, but it was for sure very eye opening.

4 out of 5 rating.