Mike Devlin

Published: Nov. 2, 2019, 9:52 a.m.

While laying in an empty bathtub in a Motel 6 in Vermont, Mike takes a handful of OxyContin and waits for the heart palpitations to kill him.\xa0 As he starts to fade he reads a text on his phone, \u201cSon, I love you and I need to know that you\u2019re OK.\u201d Struggling to understand why anyone would care about him because of his years of drug abuse, he responds, \u201cMom, no one can help me.\u201d\xa0 Then, in a moment of clarity, he decides he wants there to be a tomorrow and to be a part of his family again.\xa0 He makes the call for help to his mother; the call that saves his life.