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Today we talk with writer Kerry Madden-Lunsford about how Al-Anon has helped her deal with the pain of having a child who’s treatment-resistant and now living on the streets of Los Angeles.
Find more stories and conversations at thesmallbow.com.
Kerry’s book Werewolf Hamlet
Kerry’s Substack
"Easy Crier" by Al Oldender
Listen to Swamp Dogg’s new album "Blackgrass" wherever you get music, or buy a hard copy at Ohboy.com.
In this Episode
0:38 Intro
4:51 Flannery's Childhood, Kerry's Parenting Philosophies
5:59 The Christmas Letter
8:04 Flannery Today
10:29 Being in Denial, then Noticing Signs
14:08 The most codependent family ever vs Al Anon
17:17 Diagnosis, Jail, Christmas
19:42 Self-Pity vs Al Anon
22:35 Werewolf Hamlet
25:28 Travel Town Museum, Torment
28:08 Realizing your child is unhoused
30:50 Looking For Flannery
32:50 Justin Szlasa
35:43 What Should You Do?
42:17 Ideal Outcomes
45:17 Kerry's current approach
50:22 Angels
55:04 Outro
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Today we talk with writer Kerry Madden-Lunsford about how Al-Anon has helped her deal with the pain of having a child who’s treatment-resistant and now living on the streets of Los Angeles.
Find more stories and conversations at thesmallbow.com.
Kerry’s book Werewolf Hamlet
Kerry’s Substack
"Easy Crier" by Al Oldender
Listen to Swamp Dogg’s new album "Blackgrass" wherever you get music, or buy a hard copy at Ohboy.com.
In this Episode
0:38 Intro
4:51 Flannery's Childhood, Kerry's Parenting Philosophies
5:59 The Christmas Letter
8:04 Flannery Today
10:29 Being in Denial, then Noticing Signs
14:08 The most codependent family ever vs Al Anon
17:17 Diagnosis, Jail, Christmas
19:42 Self-Pity vs Al Anon
22:35 Werewolf Hamlet
25:28 Travel Town Museum, Torment
28:08 Realizing your child is unhoused
30:50 Looking For Flannery
32:50 Justin Szlasa
35:43 What Should You Do?
42:17 Ideal Outcomes
45:17 Kerry's current approach
50:22 Angels
55:04 Outro

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