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What about the lives of the siblings of the person identified as The Addict?  In the tangled web of the family system’s illness of substance use disorder their lives are impacted, too. And usually not for the better. A family...

We had a bunch of pet hamsters when our kids were growing up.  And those little critters (the hamsters – not our kids) loved to run in the cage on a squeaky metal wheel. Round and round and round. They...

Every year Superbowl Sunday is a big event in my family. We love football. We love to chow down on good party food. And we love being together with family and friends.  But this year’s Superbowl carried an even greater depth of meaning for my...