<p><strong><u>SYNOPSIS</u></strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Despite a happy, loving start to life, some dire choices in Kerryn&#39;s teens sent<strong> </strong>this young Australian woman into a wild path of&nbsp;self-destruction.</p><p>In a brutally honest account Kerryn describes the terrifying scenes she witnessed&nbsp;as&nbsp;what began as&nbsp;'a bit of fun' spiralled into&nbsp;a shocking journey through&nbsp;the&nbsp;dark world of drug addiction. Chilling stories of drug overdoses, precious lives lost, drug and alcohol fuelled fights, months spent gravely ill in hospital,&nbsp;at one point being given less than two hours to live,&nbsp;will have the reader gripped to every page.</p><p>Having miraculously survived several close encounters with death and three overdoses, Kerryn has&nbsp;since turned her life around and now passionately uses her knowledge and experience to warn and help others&nbsp;regarding the perils of substance use and abuse. &nbsp;These life-changing experiences have paved&nbsp;the way for her compelling Drug ' Alcohol Awareness Presentations, which she has delivered in senior schools, corporate organisations and other venues across Australia.&nbsp;</p><p>Intertwined with&nbsp;her heart-rending personal&nbsp;stories,&nbsp;Kerryn provides&nbsp;vital information on the current, most commonly used drugs of addiction, and a message of hope for anyone caught up in the nightmare of drug or alcohol addiction.</p><p>This is a compelling story that takes the reader through one person&rsquo;s journey from the depths of despair to the realms of hope and is hard to put down until the final page is read.</p><p><strong>~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</strong></p><p><u>Reviews</u></p><p><em>&ldquo;Compelling in its frailties, its courage, its despair, its conviction and its love.&rdquo;Carolyn Hastings. BAppSc(SpPath)</em></p><p>&ldquo;<em>This is a story that should be read by all - young and old, parents, teenagers and current or past addicts of all persuasions.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp; </em>Associate Professor Peter Ryan&nbsp;</p><p><em>&ldquo;An astonishing book!&rdquo; - </em>Michael Davies. &nbsp;Publisher</p><p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure this story will change lives!&rdquo;</em> - Michelle Nye.&nbsp; B.A. Ed, Dip Ed., T.O.P.S., M. Ed&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>