
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?
What Drugs Did to My Family
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Elizabeth Burton-Phillips
About this listen
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children. She never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis, but this was just the start of a terrible, unimaginable journey - culminating in the knock on the door in the early hours by the police.
They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction. Since his death, Elizabeth has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drug addiction and her surviving twin, Simon, now drug-free, has contributed his own thoughts to this inspiring and moving book.
©2008 Elizabeth Burton-Phillips (P)2020 Audible, LtdIt very much brought it home, how such horrendous addictions could affect our own lives at any point.
I did find Elizabeth’s voice quite hard to connect with at first as it is quite clipped and unemotional. However, I would encourage people to stick with it as you soon do connect very much with her pain, sorrow, bravery, trauma and utter love for her sons even thought that love didn’t always help matters.
A wonderful book.
Heartbreaking read.
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An inspirational read.
Shocking, devastating and inspirational
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Overall a really good read, highlighting the unspoken and perhaps taboo areas surrounding drug/ alcohol use, the affect on everyone involved and the seriousness of the outcomes.
Very honest
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Thank you for writing this
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This was brilliant in a very sad way. Such a harrowing true story but very informative and interesting.
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worth listening to even if your family is not impacted. This book will give you a better understanding of addicts. Hopefully it can reduce the prejudice families face with having an addict in their family
A stronger understanding of impact drugs have on families
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honesty
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true grit and honesty!!!
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Thank you for sharing 💔
Love one another
Heartbreaking reality of parenting an addict!
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Sad but inspiring story
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