The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn shares real life addiction stories written by Lynne Huysamen, a drug addict and an alcoholic that spent 15 years stuck in the cycle of addiction. These addiction stories are real and raw, sharing the thoughts and feelings of Lynne while bringing across how powerless she was over her addiction. It goes into some of the damages caused by her addiction and the danger she put herself and others in.
While in active addiction the addicts greatest challenge is breaking through the denial of addiction, even when not being able to recognize the addict's powerlessness and damages caused.This book shares some of Lynne's worst cases of powerlessness and damages. It shows how addicts are clearly insane while in the drips of addiction.
Lynne is now clean and working a program of recovery, sharing her experiences in active addiction and her path to recovery.
Hopefully this book will help other addicts to break through their denial and also help the families and loved ones of addicts get some understanding when they take a glimpse into this dark world of addiction.