Imagine a family member receiving a late night phone call, in which the caller ID reads, “County Corrections.” A close loved one is being held in custody due to an arrest of being intoxicated either on an alcoholic or opioid drug influence while driving their motor vehicle. The loved one needs the family member to immediately call them a lawyer and drive down to the county corrections facility. This is like being unexpectedly ambushed at night from a person whom we least expect to be acting like this. This continues as a long, nightmarish storm of chaos of living with a relative who is addicted to alcohol or some form of substance abuse.

As the story unfolds, the family member discovers that the loved one has run up credit cards to the point that collection agencies are pursuing them. There…