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When addiction recovery conflicts with cultural family values

My addiction counselor wants me to cut off toxic family members but in my culture abandoning family is worse than any substance I could use

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healing strategies are requiring choices between sobriety and cultural belonging.

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