The world of drug addiction is an ugly, inhumane world. Entry into that world is often through seduction; it feeds on a need - the need to belong, the need to hide, the need to stop some great, empty pain. Or, the need to continue on a path of drug-abuse started by parents, educators, physicians, psychologists. Opal Alexandria's path has been tortuous and she makes no excuses. She owns her mistakes and made a conscious decision to use her regrets to fuel a mission to prevent others from travelling the same horrible path. Ownership, forgiveness and hope are the mainstay of her life - and resting in God's love and guidance. Book 1 is a powerful book for at-risk teens, young adults and adults considering recovery - or trying to understand those in their lives battling for a sober and clean life. Here, you'll travel with an innocent young girl from an upstanding blue collar family along a road paved by one, horrific and unrecoverable tragedy.