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From Hockey Night in Canada’s Scott Oake, a raw and honest memoir about his son’s struggle with opioid use and how he turned a father’s worst nightmare into a second chance for others battling addiction.A father’s love. A devastating drug crisis. A stirring call to action.When veteran broadcaster Scott Oake first held his infant son, Bruce, in his arms, he never imagined that Bruce would become a statistic in the losing battle to opioid abuse.In those early days, Scott, a new father, watched Bruce with awe, marveling at the potential of his funny, charismatic boy. As Bruce got older, though, he struggled to fit in at school and began showing signs of having ADHD, including a streak of impulsiveness that often got him into trouble. Scott and his wife, Anne, did their best to support him, and for a time, he found community and belonging in boxing and local rap battles. But when Bruce was pulled into a world of drugs and gangs, Scott and Anne experienced a crash course in the reality of loving someone battling substance use disorder.Then one quiet day in 2011, Scott got the phone call that every parent Bruce had accidentally overdosed. At just twenty-five, Scott’s vibrant, creative, f

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Author

Scott Oake

Published

2025

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, Social & Health Issues