In the Grip

 

A child’s addiction. A family’s journey.

My hope is that telling this part of our story will open a conversation with someone who needs it. My words here are real, written through pain but told so we can start to unshackle ourselves from the stigma of addiction.

The most important thing to know is you're not on this path alone. There are thousands of people exactly where you are and if we put our voices together we can help each other through.

the background
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the background

An April Friday night, at our summer home on an island an hour north of Seattle. I'm with my husband, my parents and their best friends who I've known all my life.

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