At five years clean, Tessa Parker is arrested and forced to relive and examine the desperation and horror of her drug-filled past. While she remembers the hell of active addiction, Tessa also reflects on the blessedness of recovery. Through all of Tessa's memories, her disease talks to her as a voice inside her head: A voice named KaDee.

Surviving KaDee is a story that lets the reader into the world and head of a drug addict – when she's using and when she's not. It is a story of tragedy and triumph that shows the depravity and strength of the human spirit. It is a snapshot of one woman's journey to learn to live, and survive the disease of addiction.