Thanks, Nigel...

We're way ahead of where we thought we'd be a few years ago. While most parents look forward to those years beyond high school for their kids to attend college or start working, we'd resigned ourselves that there was an above average chance that she'd be dead by graduation. Where other parents were focused on grades, we were focused on an overdose or a suicide.

We did everything a family could do, including finally understanding that she was responsible for her own actions. There were many dark days, trust me. Today, she is well into what appears to be a successful recovery program, married and enjoying her first born child, a little boy. They live with us and for now, it seems to be all moving in a reasonable direction.

You don't look too far down the road when you've got a tiger like this by the tail, you know?