Saving Bobby: Heroes and Heroin in One Small Community

When Renee Hodges invited her nephew, Bobby, to come stay with her for a few weeks so he could visit a doctor about his back pain, she knew he was recovering from an addiction to prescription painkillers. She believed that if he could address his back problems, he would have a better chance of staying clean—but she had no idea what a roller coaster ride she was getting on.

Unlike other books about addiction, Saving Bobby begins after rehab is over. Told in part through journal entries, e-ma...