In Handcuffs

This book is a fictionalized memoir that shows the next series of episodes that occur in the life of Jill Walker, the heroine in "The Tree Outside the Window." It is also great as a standalone book. This is a story about power and control, the loss of control of your own life and overcoming life's problems. The book relates to addiction: heroin and other opiates, benzos, Methadone, and all of the dependencies that people go through since early childhood. Everyday life in the Methadone Clinic is described. We see portions of the lives of a number of interesting characters who are enmeshed in the drug subculture and controlled by their addictions and the destruction of their lives. Addicts have referred to being on Methadone as being "In Handcuffs." Addictions affect all aspects of our lives. But there is hope for solutions if you work hard enough and have faith in yourself. Jill ultimately finds some form of redemption. If you read this story, it'll make you laugh; but it will also make you cry, though it will inform, enlighten and entertain you.