STORY WILL SAVE LIVES

Regarding "A Broken Mind" (front page, Nov. 12):

Wow.

God bless Jan Hollingsworth for opening up her very intimate and
painful story of her son. This is even more incredible given that
Hollingsworth is a public figure - as a reporter and more - who
allowed us into her private world in order to help others with a
complicated drug.

Until I read her beautifully written story, all I knew about GHB was
that it's "the date-rape drug."

I am certain many of us who are kid/tween/teen parents, who are
trying to keep up with the latest addictive substance and who support
our wonderful and life-pressured kids, have written in to your excellent paper.

Excellence comes from an angel of a lady named Jan Hollingsworth.

I am saddened, moved and changed by her story. And as her story ends,
it will save more than one life. I am confident of that.

Lottie Balish

Tampa