We titled the book The Broken Road: Story of Our Son\'s Drug Addiction and Mental Illness because of the difficulties and struggles Mary and I faced during our sixteen-year effort to help our son who was mentally ill and addicted to drugs.
It was a Broken road!.
It was a road that was not smooth and straight, and it was a road with many roadblocks.
It was a road that was difficult to navigate.
These difficulties and struggles led to a road that did not help Frank enough with his Mental Illness and Drug addiction.
And we have a legal system that does not severely punish Drug dealers.
We have a health system in Washington that is inadequate in helping the mentally ill because the incapacitated person can only be hospitalized involuntarily if they are a danger to themselves, others, or property.
We have a legal system in Washington where guardians have little or no authority in making decisions for the incapacitated person.
Frank made promises that he did not keep.
We were given directions that were misleading.
But that was not always the case.
Many times we thought we were headed in the right direction in dealing with Frank\'s Mental Illness and Drug addiction.
We titled the book The Broken Road: Story of Our Son\'s Drug Addiction and Mental Illness because of the difficulties and struggles Mary and I faced during our sixteen-year effort to help our son who was mentally ill and addicted to drugs
