Son Down, Son Up: How One Mother Battled Her Son's Addiction, Found Hope, and Survived

by Brenda Seals

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Author: Brenda Seals

Publisher: Crippled Beagle Publishing

Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1970037164
ISBN 13: 978-1970037166

Hardcover:
ISBN 10: 1970037180
ISBN 13: 978-1970037180

A BOOK OF HOPE! Is addiction ruining the life of someone you love? Are you exhausted, financially drained, heartbroken, and hopeless? Young Matthew Seals earned good grades, dutifully attended church, respected his parents, excelled at sports, and adored his baby sisters. He had an ideal existence until one careless teenage decision led him from safety to unspeakable suffering as a full-blown heroin addict. In Son Down, Son Up, Matthew’s mother Brenda Seals opens her heart and home life to reveal the hell on earth she lived as the parent of an active addict. She explains her personal agony, how she contributed to Matthew’s self-destruction, and how addiction affected her entire family. Most importantly, she shares how she found HOPE. Brenda’s humble narrative encourages others that addicts can get well and families can heal. Brenda’s story includes: Warning signs of addiction, coping methods and tips for loved ones, Matthew’s account of the worst & best moments of his journey, notes from Brenda’s husband, daughters, and daughter-in-law relating their unique experiences during Matthew’s addiction and recovery, discussion questions, and poetry by Brenda and Matthew

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"It takes only a few pages...to grasp the riveting detail of a mother's courageous love for a son as she
tracks him into the abysses of the unfathomable darkness of addictive insanity. Brenda Seals provides a
rare glimpse of a parent's heartbroken terror and ghastly surprise in finding her child in the diabolical
grip of The Beast. At the brink of hopelessness, the Grace of God brings special friends and faith-based
programs of recovery into Brenda's life that begins to show her that The Beast is no match for the
unconditional love from a mother and her Heavenly Father. This is not just a book for mothers, but for
any family concerned."
--Dr. Gil Smith
Retired Celebrate Recovery Director

"What an accurate description. It gives HOPE to mothers like me who are still praying for their children
battling The Beast. Brenda's story of faith has blessed me and I praise God for Matthew's recovery!"
--Cyndy
Mother of an Addict

"This is a family disease and all are affected. By sharing her pain and mistakes made along the way,
Brenda gives hope and healing to other families struggling with a loved one in the grips of active
addition. Individual perspectives were captured in a way that truly drives home the concept of addiction
affecting the entire family. So many families who have lost someone share their story, but few who have
someone in recovery take the time to share the fact that there is HOPE. Thank you for the amazing
honor of reading your incredible journey!"
-- Karen Pershing
Executive Director, Metro Drug Coalition

"Wow! So much truth is now available for all the lost parents of addicts. As a pastor over a Celebrate
Recovery, I get twice the number of calls from parents than I do from those struggling. Sadly, most
parents do not follow my advice. Now I can hand them this book and pray they follow Brenda's."
--Rev. John Gargis

"The book is insightful, compassionate, brave, and educational.
All of us can benefit and gain hope from this family."
--Vicky McDaniel, LPC,
Clinical Director at Cokesbury Counseling Center

"Brenda's words will show those parents a way out of the hell they live in. Your story of addiction
doesn't have to end in tragedy if you follow the steps that Brenda followed."
--Jerry Smith, recovering addict, Founder of Havenwood,
Chairman of the Board for Recovery at Ringgold

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