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      ELKHART — Three couples sit around a table sipping coffee, chatting and laughing. Two of the couples are sharing stories of their children’s run-ins with law enforcement and time spent in jail. A story is shared about a child being bailed out, only to be taken toRead More

The first time someone warned Kim Humphrey that one of his sons might be in trouble with drugs he was offended. “We got a phone call from a mother whose daughter was friends with our son,” he recalls. “Her daughter was worried that our son was going to overdose.” “OurRead More

I was honored to be a guest on the M2 The ROCK Radio show with Michael Molthan to talk about how to support a loved one dealing with addiction and going through recovery. Addiction is defined as “compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences”. And it is not confinedRead More

From the Washington Post:  Opioid addiction and overdoses in children devastate their parents –  “Brian has been dead for 136 days,” says his mother, Vicki Bishop. “I watched him die over many years, and it was a long, slow, horrible death.” Her son’s decades-long battle with opioids blotted out theRead More