The Impacts of Drug Addiction

Moore brings attention to the impacts of drug addiction including the family’s role in caring for the addicted person, the tragedy of babies born addicted to drugs, and the strength of addiction. Mickey’s struggle with how to best deal with Kacey’s addiction highlights how addiction impacts the family as a whole. The pain and suffering passed along to a new generation of innocent infants as a result of addiction is a second terrible impact of this epidemic. Finally, the horror of drug addiction is clarified as even those who want to get clean are pulled back into drug use by the strength of their addiction.

Mickey admits to her reader that even though she feels she needs to be tough with Kacey, there are certain instances in which she wishes she had been more compassionate. One of these times...