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“I’m just curious…”

“I’m just curious…”

It often begins like this. I’m at a book talk. A woman seated in a back row slowly raises her hand. “I’m just curious. What does your son think of the book?” It’s a question I’ve come to expect. And since honesty is at the core of recovery, for both the addict and the family, I …

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“Author, mother of teenage addict shares parenting journey,” CBS News 8 San Diego

“Author, mother of teenage addict shares parenting journey,” CBS News 8 San Diego

A successful professional, a mayor’s wife and mother of two, Lisa Hillman seemed it have it all figured out. The pain of knowing her teenage son was in the thick of a battle with drug addiction, though, was too much to bare. In her book “Secret No More” Hillman details how her life as an …

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