Well, this book is basically trying to tell you that once your an addict, you have a 93% chance of never recovering from your horrible habbit. Once Chase died, there whole lives were different. They were in so much debt, so much pain, that they didn't know what to do with themselves. Gordies parents ended up splitting and living far away from each other, and Gordie stayed with his Dad. One of Chases previous druggie friends, Ryan, went to rehab, and from the looks of it Gordie thought he was doing great until he ran in to him and his Mother hat the grocery store. They chatted it up for a few min and the very last line of the book was him asking Gordie if he could barrow 20 bucks....That line is probably the most meaningful line( in a bad way) in the whole book. That line indicates that he still needs money to go get that fix, that high that has taken over his whole mind to the point where I am sure that is all he thinks about. The sad part is, that his Mom thought he had recovered.
Getting to the point where getting the next hit is all you think about, you have major problem and you need to go get help before you end up like Chase, dead. I am sure Chase was a good person on the inside, and I am also sure if he had not gotten into the wrong crowd, that he would be normal, with a normal life.
If you are someone like me, who is totally oblivious to stuff like drugs, this book will give you a detailed description on what an addicts life is like. READ IT!
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