White Powder to Grey Ashes: Memoirs of an Addict

The struggle is real, the drugs are real, and your emotions as a parent need to be real and not hidden through the visor of the demon.
Talk to your children, be your children, because if you don't you will lose them. Lose them to things beyond your power; open your eyes before they close theirs for the last time.
Matthew Stewardson rose to fame as a South African child star, but plummeted faster into the hands of drugs, fame, and fortune. He selfishly stole, cheated, lied, and put lives at risk, keeping his psychotic blinkers on with the ongoing destruction unraveling around him.
Finding out that a family member is on drugs is gut wrenching in itself. But seeing words on paper from the mind of a bipolar cocaine addict is painfully surreal.
Being born to British parents, who rose to fame in the South African acting Industry; it seemed inevitable that Matthew would follow in our dad's footsteps as a talented actor, singer, and an addict on top of that.
Reading his diary entries after he died opened up my mind about an addict, and the power that those demons have over you. Addiction is a disease, getting help is the choice. A stable upbringing that turned into cringing movie scenes at times was all we knew.
But changing that cycle didn't come easy for some; and Matthew only knew one path.
From the high of the stage to the high that took his life.
This is our story ...

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