When he reached into the medicine cabinet for that first dose of OxyContin, Evann hadn’t thought about everything the drug might take; all he could see was the escape it might offer. Hoping to prove himself as an artist, Evann moves to the city, only to discover that physical distance from his family can’t sever the emotional ties binding him to a past fraught with pain and rejection. Desperate to silence his anxious thoughts and his mother's relentless criticisms, he enters an insidious spiral that ultimately costs him everything. On the unforgiving streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Evann doesn’t know who to trust, where to turn, or how to stop himself from sliding deeper into an all-consuming addiction. Wracked by shame and fear, he lurks in the city’s shadows until a brush with death presents a chance to get his life back on track. Fearing his mother’s wrath, Evann reaches out to his father and his sister, only to confirm his greatest fear has come true: the two people he hoped he could still trust have turned against him.