"Barbara Theodosiou and her family reveal the pain, loss, and connection that emerge from addiction, trauma, codependency, and recovery in this unique view into the heart of a national crisis. In addition to Barbara sharing a mother's story, Without Shame includes her younger son's own poetry and prose written during his addiction, her older son's story of healing against all odds, her daughter's story of balancing compassion and independence, and other voices. This multifaceted story reveals what it means to describe addiction as a family disease"-- Provided by publisher.