INDEPENDENT FILM FOR INDEPENDENT MINDS

When Kirsty O'Connell finds drugs in her house she's appalled but determined to get her teenage son the help he needs. Then the addict in the family turns out to be her boyfriend Lee and Kirsty is devastated. Lee's a good man, reliable, loving, how can he have been a secret addict all this time? Kirsty finds there's precious little help out there. Long-term addict? Better pack your bags - or better still pack his. But Kirsty's determined to get their life back on track by sheer will power alone. Before long her crusade has taken over her life in a way the drugs never did. Which is the harder habit to kick - heroin or the feeling of being needed? A look at addiction and co-dependency within an ordinary family.