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Scenario

How families handle addiction when everyone agrees to pretend it's not happening

Our family has this unspoken rule that we don't talk about my brother's addiction even though it affects every single gathering and holiday. We all love him but we're also all tired of pretending everything is normal when it's not.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Collective denial can feel like kindness but often becomes its own kind of cruelty to everyone involved.

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Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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