KATIE ALLISON GRANJU: “I am the mother of a drug addict.” I’ve been following Katie’s struggles for a while, and she’s borne up nobly. Personally, I think true addicts are born, not made, and that while parents deal with the consequences, it’s really all about genetics and what receptors you have in your brain. Possibly I would be a hopeless thionite addict, if anybody ever discovered thionite. If so, it wouldn’t be my parents’ fault. At any rate, wish Katie well, as no parent should have to deal with what she’s dealing with.