If You Love Me: A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Addiction and Recovery

Maureen Cavanagh’s gripping memoir If You Love Me is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles — and ultimately confronts — substance use disorder.

Fast-paced and heartwarming, devastating and redemptive, Maureen’s incredible odyssey into the opioid crisis — first as a parent, then as an advocate — is ultimately a deeply moving mother-daughter story about love, strength, and hope. When Maureen and her ex-husband Mike see their daughter Katie’s needle track marks for the first time, it is a complete shock. But, slowly, the drug use explains everything — Katie’s constant exhaustion, erratic moods, and all those spoons that have gone missing from the house.

Like millions of parents and relatives all over the country — many of whom she has helped through her nonprofit organization — Maureen learns that recovery is neither straightforward nor brief. Over a roller-coaster two years, Maureen battles to save Katie’s life, and in telling this unforgettable story, she brings the opioid crisis out of the shadows and into the house next door.

• Author
• Maureen Cavanagh

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 240

• Publisher
• Henry Holt and Co.

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-1-250-23454-4

• EAN
• 9781250234544

• Release date
• 2020