Written by Tana Fye

Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America by Beth Macy

This Audible original is a powerful look at opioid addiction in the United States, and the really terrible system of treatment that is available to addicts. The difficulty in getting people into treatment programs, and the often poor results from treatment programs is something that I’ve seen firsthand in my own legal practice working with criminal defendants and parents and youth in juvenile cases. This is such a difficult topic, and I appreciated the straightforward and open look at one young woman, her family, and how things went wrong.