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Laurie Smith

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"It was a horrible place to be internally and externally, and I certainly didn't feel like I was worthy of getting help" by Lacey Londrigan
14:09
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
December 27, 2022
"It was a horrible place to be internally and externally, and I certainly didn't feel like I was worthy of getting help" by Lacey Londrigan
"I wish he could understand how much he hurt all of us in the family" by Alyssa Leto
14:05
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
December 27, 2022
"I wish he could understand how much he hurt all of us in the family" by Alyssa Leto
"Drugs can affect just about anybody. It doesn't matter what people look like." by Gabrielle Adams
06:20
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
December 14, 2022
"Drugs can affect just about anybody. It doesn't matter what people look like." by Gabrielle Adams
"His addiction helped other members in my family cut back" by Camila Perez
11:52
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 29, 2022
"His addiction helped other members in my family cut back" by Camila Perez
"You want them to get help and they don't want the help" by James Strain
24:01
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 29, 2022
"You want them to get help and they don't want the help" by James Strain
"I liked the way I felt when I drank" by Starr Drennen
22:14
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 10, 2022
"I liked the way I felt when I drank" by Starr Drennen
"Because of his addiction, he had the attention on him, so I was kind of on the sideline learning to live on my own" by Isabella Monacchio
26:14
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 9, 2022
"Because of his addiction, he had the attention on him, so I was kind of on the sideline learning to live on my own" by Isabella Monacchio
"We realized all the iced tea he drank wasn't iced tea" by Joseph Velardi
10:41
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 9, 2022
"We realized all the iced tea he drank wasn't iced tea" by Joseph Velardi
"It just kind of clicked in my head for me, this is the smell of beer, that's what my uncle smells like" by Emalia Sothman
21:05
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 9, 2022
"It just kind of clicked in my head for me, this is the smell of beer, that's what my uncle smells like" by Emalia Sothman
"They have to hit rock bottom and ask for help." by Madison Schwartz
14:13
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 9, 2022
"They have to hit rock bottom and ask for help." by Madison Schwartz
"Recovery is possible, when you never, ever expected it." by Luke Ngo
30:20
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 9, 2022
"Recovery is possible, when you never, ever expected it." by Luke Ngo
"I would really try to have a normal life but I felt like it followed me around like a dark cloud" by Gianna Frohman
16:38
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 1, 2022
"I would really try to have a normal life but I felt like it followed me around like a dark cloud" by Gianna Frohman
"After a while, he chose liquor over us..." by Anthony Leto
08:13
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 1, 2022
"After a while, he chose liquor over us..." by Anthony Leto
"I would want to change the fact that my sister and I thought my mom was the good guy..." by Emily Keenan
09:31
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 1, 2022
"I would want to change the fact that my sister and I thought my mom was the good guy..." by Emily Keenan
"Alcohol played a bigger part in my life than my family and friends" by Katerina Gonzales
21:05
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 1, 2022
"Alcohol played a bigger part in my life than my family and friends" by Katerina Gonzales
"You never know when somebody's gonna OD" by Shauna Deming
21:20
Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith
November 1, 2022
"You never know when somebody's gonna OD" by Shauna Deming
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