He tried everything until he finally surrendered

Zack Franck was drinking and smoking weed at twelve and going through opioid withdrawal in high school, and he hid all of it from everyone around him. Rehab came early. It did not stick.

We go from pills to heroin, the desperation of withdrawal, overdosing while driving, and the final binge. Then the part he had been avoiding for years: the moment he stopped fighting and actually surrendered.

The back half is about what recovery gave him. Repairing things with his brother, becoming someone people can count on again, and finding out that the rewards are the simple things addiction took away.