Love Her As She Is: Lessons from a Daughter Stolen by Addictions

After reading this very inspirational book it gave me renewed hope that someday my daughter will recover from this disease that has taken over her life. It also gave me, as a mother, the strength to go on and live the most productive life I can in these very trying circumstances.

An intimate look inside the life of the Morgan family as they were taken on a long and painful journey through the experiences of their drug-addicted daughter, Kelly. How all the members of this family carried on with their lives during this most traumatic and terrifying number of years is indeed humbling and inspirational. The title, Love Her As She Is, could not more appropriately define this family's heart-centered, steady approach in supporting Kelly to regain her health and wholeness. Kelly's personal relections, shared at the end of the book provide the reader with an honest account of her feelings and insights about her addictions. Pat's loving attention to holiday traditions and rituals are refreshingly echoed throughout the book and remind us of the importance of celebrating "family" gatherings. It is indeed a true story with a very happy ending, about a family who surmount the bondage of addiction, and a reminder to us all of the greatest challenge of humankind: to love each other unconditionally. My hat off to every one of the Morgan family, but especially to Kelly!