This really resonated with me. When I was a kid, my mom had a rather dangerous addiction to Ambien. She would have full conversations with me sometimes that she wouldn't remember. She needed help getting up the stairs. She would sleep for 12+ hours and then couldn't engage with me because she felt like she hadn't slept at all. She wasn't getting high, she was taking a doctor prescribed medication for a very specific problem.

She recently detoxed and got a cannabis card instead, and I've connected with her more in the 2 years since than the 20 years prior.

Just thought I'd throw this out there from a (now grown) kid's perspective.