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When Renee Hodges invited her nephew, Bobby, to come stay with her for a few weeks so he could visit a doctor about his back pain, she knew he was recovering from an addiction to prescription painkillers. She believed that if he could address his back problems, he would have a better chance of staying clean -- but she had no idea what a roller coaster ride she was getting on. Unlike other books about addiction, Saving Bobby begins after rehab is over. Told in part through journal entries, e-mails, and personal recollections, this raw, honest, deeply moving memoir -- begun to keep the family accountable -- describes the sixteen months that Hodges, her husband, and their community struggled alongside Bobby as he attempted to successfully re-enter the day-to-day world.
About the Author
Although her Louisiana roots run deep, Renée Hodges and her husband have called North Carolina home for the past thirty years.
Hodges has worked as a campaign manager for a candidate for the Texas State House of Representatives (she won) ; front desk person at a ski resort; and volunteer recruiter and registration head during a presidential campaign in New York City.
She also co-wrote and self-published the Best Kept Secrets series of guides in the 1980s.
Settling into motherhood and raising a family has been her most satisfying work, however, and today she is a wife, mother of three, writer, investor, community volunteer, and avid tennis player.
