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

Wife of ND governor shares her own battle with addiction to end stigma


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Shortly after her husband, Doug, was elected governor of North Dakota in 2016, Kathryn Burgum decided to share her personal story. Burgum is in recovery for substance use disorder after battling alcohol addiction for 20 years. Her platform as First Lady of North Dakota is to end the shame and stigma surrounding the disease of addiction.  Kathryn’s Recovery Reinvented event is coming up on November 3rd, and you can participate. She shares what keeps her in recovery and what she's doing to change attitudes and get people help in her state in this episode of Grieving Out Loud.
Register for Recovery Reinvented on Nov 3rd here. 



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