Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic

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Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic episodes

July 06, 2019 "The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know"
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Joshua Sharfstein from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has co-authored a book with his wife, Dr. Yngvild Olsen, titled "The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know." Dr.. Sharfstein discusses the causes and ineffective methods now used to address substance use disorder, along with best practices to end this public health crisis.
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26 min
June 24, 2019 Father Loses His Only Two Children to Overdose
In Episode 7, Steve Grant shares the story of losing both his sons, his only two children, to overdose. Chris and Kelly died five years apart, but both succumbed to substance use disorder. Steve's ordeal is unimaginable, but somehow he has managed to create a new life for himself. He found healing through giving back and helping others. He started Chris and Kelly's HOPE Foundation and has financially assisted countless other non-profits in the work they do to get and keep young people healthy.
Steve has a new book out about his ordeal and the loss of two sons.
The book, Don't Forget Me: A Lifeline of HOPE for Those Touched by Substance Abuse and Addiction, is coming out soon.
We can all learn from Steve's tragic experience about grief, coping, love and hope!

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39 min
June 12, 2019 Addiction is a Disease
In this episode of "Grieving Out Loud" Angela Kennecke interviews Psychiatrist, Dr. Matt Stanley, the Medical Director of the new Avera Addiction Care Center opening in October of 2019. Dr. Stanley explains addiction as a disease, discusses the long-held stigma around it and the response of the medical community. He also addresses new ways of viewing how people should get help and how long it takes brain function of a substance abuser to return to normal.
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29 min
June 02, 2019 "The Rebeccas:" Two Women in Recovery Determined to Help Others
Two women, both named Rebecca, have each been in recovery from methamphetamine addiction for more than a decade. Now they are determined to give back and open a series of sober living homes to help others recover in their community.

To find out more and how to help with the Oxford House Sober Living Homes contact: [email protected]

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37 min
May 20, 2019 Loving My Son Through Heroin Addiction
In this episode of "Grieving Out Loud," Angela Kennecke interviews mother Sara Crosby. Sara has three children; two of them are twin boys. One of her twins developed substance use disorder, which started in his teen years, but intensified after he went away to college. Sara is a trained social worker, but nothing could have prepared her for the treacherous journey of her son's addiction. Sara has gained deep insight into dealing with a child who is abusing substances and shares what she's learned in this episode, both in how to help her child and herself.

For more information and how to get help, just go to our Emily's Hope website.

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49 min
May 13, 2019 Emily's Friends Overdose
In this episode of "Grieving Out Loud," Angela Kennecke shares how two of Emily's friends recently overdosed and lived after getting Narcan. From their frantic parents, to the confusion over how to get help, it's an eye-opening podcast on the powerful hold the opioid epidemic has on young people.

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10 min
April 15, 2019 The Tornado: An Interview with Melissa Flynn about Stepson's Overdose
In this episode of "Grieving Out Loud," mother Melissa Flynn talks about losing her 25-year-old stepson Nicholas to a fentanyl overdose. Melissa and Angela talk about their frustration in trying to get their children help and what they have learned during this difficult journey that may be of help to other parents.
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22 min
April 11, 2019"Beauty is all Around Us:" The Day Emily Died
Journalist Angela Kennecke shares her vision for this podcast as an advocate in the opioid epidemic to stop the stigma. In this episode Angela talks about the phone call she received that her daughter, Emily, had overdosed.
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Behind every number is a story of a life cut short, a family shattered, and a community devastated.

They were...
daughters
sons
mothers
fathers
friends
wives
husbands
cousins
boyfriends
girlfriends.
They were More Than Just A Number.
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10 min

About Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic

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After losing her 21-year-old daughter, Emily, to fentanyl poisoning, veteran journalist Angela Kennecke made it her life’s mission to break the silence surrounding substance use disorder and the…