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Scenario

When family avoids talking about a parent's addiction

Our family group chat has become this weird performance space where everyone shares good news and photos but nobody talks about the fact that Dad's drinking has gotten bad again and Mom won't acknowledge it, so we're all just pretending everything is fine while watching it fall apart.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family's love has become a conspiracy of silence that protects no one and enables the very thing they're trying not to see.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Peri

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