Catch-22

Case manager, care coordinator, recovery coach–whatever you call them, my kid has been through probably three a year since she was twelve. Turns out when you starve mental health funding (and schools, THANKS ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE) people don’t stick around in hard jobs made harder by pathetic pay.

Anyway. A couple of case managers ago, I had the distinct impression that the woman was of the opinion that the only thing wrong with my kid was how her mom (that’d be me) wouldn’t get out of th...