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Good-Bye Too Soon Kindle Edition
Randi-Lee shares the truth behind the eulogy. Having a brother with addiction created a fissure and forced the need for boundaries. Stepping away and loving him from a distance was her only way to keep herself safe.
This book goes beyond losing a brother. It delves into risk factors, constructive coping strategies, and a family’s grieving process. Reminding those left behind to forgive ourselves and the person we lost.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 20, 2023
- Reading age13 - 18 years
- File size1821 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B0BMKW6FQF
- Publisher : RB Writing (May 20, 2023)
- Publication date : May 20, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 1821 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 98 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : B0C5P5L9DN
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,438,875 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,363 in Drug Dependency & Recovery (Kindle Store)
- #3,678 in Drug Dependency & Recovery (Books)
- #6,506 in Two-Hour Parenting & Relationships Short Reads
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About the author
Randi-Lee was born and raised in Ontario, Canada and from a young age she had a passion for helping others. She attended Niagara College and graduated at the top of her class from Community and Justice Services after completing her placement at a recovery house for alcohol and drug addictions. Post-graduation she worked at a Native Friendship Centre for two and a half years while pursuing a university education in psychology. Randi-Lee continued working in social services for another four years as an employment counselor until she left to pursue her other passions.
In 2017 Randi published her first book about mental health awareness and from there knew that this was her dream. Since then she has continued writing and expanding the genres that she writes.
Another of Randi-Lee’s passions is kickboxing, which she did for over 10 years. She was a Canadian National Champion in 2015, competed at the World’s kickboxing tournament later that year and in 2016 competed at the Pan-Am games where she received silver in her division. In 2020 she was chosen as one of the coaches for the Ontario Winter Games where she inspired and coached young athletes.
While she isn’t working, she is spending time with her two teenage children and a grand-baby. Randi tries to speak honestly and openly about her struggles with her own mental health and as a parent – wanting to ensure that no one feels alone.
Follow Randi's YouTube Channel: RB Media
Follow Randi on TikTok @randileebowslaugh
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Writing this brief but pungent story about her brother’s drug addiction and struggles, the author maintains an inviting conversational tone, evident as she opens with, ‘ It had been two weeks since I had last spoken to my brother, Brandon. Before that, it was six months, and before that, years. Unfortunately, I didn’t speak with him as much as I would have liked, but it was a necessary part of maintaining healthy boundaries.’ And from that moment she gets a phone call that her brother Brandon is dead form an overdose. Capturing the readers’ attention with that degree of immediacy allows the author to survey her story - her relation ship to her brother, his turbulent life, and her insights about addiction and drugs, indications of abuse, risk factors, support groups, coping, grief, etc - in a most informative manner. The book is both sensitive and valuable for all families and friends as drug addiction proliferates today. Recommended.
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The balance between emotional storytelling and clinical, detailed revelations regarding addiction and mental health concerns was great to see come to life on the page. It kept the reader emotionally invested while showcasing some of the root causes of addiction, the impact on both the addict and those in the addict’s life, and the shocking realities of life while living with addiction as a whole. The way the author was able to showcase the person her brother was outside of the addiction as well was really emotional and heartfelt and made for some compelling reading.