'I could not believe it': Lack of mental health parity leaves families looking for answers

In crisis and out of answers, Virginia Holleman knew she couldn’t quit.

Her only son was in a spiral. An addiction to a dangerous combination of cocaine and anti-anxiety medication had him becoming more volatile by the day.

As Holleman, 53, pieced together the problems her 17-year-old was facing, she knew it was beyond her ability to fix.

His addiction left him a shell of the once fun-loving and gentle-natured kid she had raised.

“If he didn’t get help, he was going to die or end up in prison,” Holleman said. “He had done a 180 and was so out of control that we were scared for his life.”

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