The Opposite of Addiction

The Opposite of Addiction

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Julie Merberg
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When Nathanael was descending into active addiction and I didn’t know what to call it; while his therapist was still insisting it was not a problem that he was high every single day and we should just de-escalate the tension and choose our battles; while my kid was basically unrecognizable to me with his hair-trigger anger and glassy eyes and slow-motio…

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