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This episode discusses the stress for family members when an addict (daughter, son, sibling) is on the brink of death either through overdosing, lack of nutrition or just based on their living on the edge lifestyle. It is a discussion about healthy boundaries and when it makes sense to help or let an addict figure it out.

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This episode is an introduction to Season One of a new podcast that I, Chelsea Dimitri (this pseudonym is explained in this episode), am presenting.  I am the mom of a heroin addict who was addicted for 15 years and at the time of this recording has been in recovery for a couple of years.  I believe family members of addicts are underserved. They have few resources and the “experts” are recovered addicts who have a drug abuser’s perspective.  That can work great for an addict - but not necessarily for sober family members.  I hope to give family members caught up in the storm that surrounds addiction hope and help with their perspective and some options of what worked (and didn’t work) for me.