ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 13, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Fred R. Gurule has seen the face of the addict close up. Addiction snuck into his house, taking his son into the depths of heroin, where he was unable to return. Now, he tries to work through his family's pain and help others banish the monster of addiction from their homes with his new book, When Substance Abuse Attacks Your Home: A True Story of a Minister and His Family, Who Faced Drug Addiction in Their Home and Lost (now available through 1stBooks).
"When Substance Abuse Attacks Your Home is written with great pain and many regrets. It shares more than facts and realities about drug addiction. The book also conveys the hard realities that accompany chemical dependency. These details are not appealing, but never the less, brutally honest," Gurule says.
His book offers the most current information on the critical subject of treating and dealing with drug addiction. Written from a personal perspective, When Substance Abuse Attacks Your Home details how his oldest son, Nathan, stumbled into alcohol and heroin addiction. The once upstanding role model began down a path that led to destruction. Despite their love and efforts, the family was unable to deter Nathan from his addiction, which eventually killed him.
Through his pain and loss, Gurule makes facts easy to understand and offers numerous experimental insights while detailing life with an addict. His personal experience with the subject, however, allows for a more unique look at the shards addiction leaves behind. While the main focus is on the addict, Gurule also shows the torments that loved ones endure. According to Gurule, loved ones become "addicted to the addict's addiction;" victims quietly feel the pain as they stand on the outside looking in.
Although tragic and painful, When Substance Abuse Attacks Your Home could be the difference for families struggling to save someone from the tight clutches of addiction.
Gurule has been in ministry for more than 25 years. He has a doctorate in psychology, Christian counseling and theology. His family knows what it means to live through a severe crisis without anyone to understand their struggles. With a new perspective and "a sincere and honest heart. . .wounded with. . .anguish" over his son's death, Gurule counsels families with chemical dependency problems. He hopes that his first book, When Substance Abuse Attacks Your Home, helps others escape the fate that their family suffered.
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