Pittsburgh native writes about her son's drug addiction in 'Stay Close'

Pittsburgh native writes about her son's drug addiction in 'Stay Close'

Monday, May 18, 2009

By Danielle Kucera, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Libby Cataldi with her son Jeff Bratton.

When Libby Cataldi noticed her oldest son frequently tromping around with untied shoelaces, she thought he was trying to fit in with his skateboarder friends.

She never guessed that it was because he was shooting heroin into his feet, causing them to swell.

In her new book, "Stay Close: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction" (St. Martin's Press, $24.95), the 58-year-old native of Kennedychronicles her struggle with her son's addiction and the process that eventually helped her support him without enabling his addiction.

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