Her faith diminished when she prayed repeatedly for her brother but the answer she received wasn’t one she had sought. The research Gifty studies to try and understand how behaviours can change. The reward/gratification system in the brain that addicts have. The scientific kind that could make sense as God had failed her in not saving Her brother. The frustration of a blossoming life of a brother who was a good friend, coming into his own, until drugs entered his life. The shame that surrounds addiction and the lack of understanding that in and of itself, addiction is an illness. It’s Never being able to live up to her mother’s expectations as her dead sibling not only took his life when he overdosed, but robbed Gifty of a mother. From the death of her brother due to opiate use, to the depression her mother suffered from because of it. It’s a tragedy where all the dots are connected. This is the story of Gifty, born an American, who is a PhD candidate in neuroscience and it’s her reflection of her family’s life and the faith and science behind the decisions made by her mother, father, brother and herself. It’s about a family who immigrated to America from Ghana to Alabama. One of loss, religion, mental illness, addiction, discrimination. It’s about being transcended into this story. It’s about turning your back on your faith and believing only science can provide the answers but then learning it doesn’t always. It’s about faith being tested, about feeling God failed you when you needed him the most.
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