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How to Protect Family Assets From Addicted Relatives

Dad wants to give his house to my drug-addicted brother 'to help him get clean' and won't listen when I explain that it will just give him something worth $200,000 to sell for drugs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The parent's hope for redemption through generosity collides with the harsh reality that addiction consumes everything it touches.

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