His story of illness has lasted since really he was 16 years old and he began drinking and smoking. But I don't want to really talk about the past as much as I want to talk about the now and talk about mothers who struggle with grown children who are addicts and alcoholics, how their drunkenness and addictions kill their relationships. They steal hope and defy happiness. They destroy families
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:02
Hey, Nancy. Welcome to Swell, and thank you for sharing a bit of your story. It seems like you have a lot of stories to share and wisdom to impart, and your curiosity to see how this evolves is laying a lot of fertile ground for what's next. The pain of your experience is transformative, obviously, because now you're in a place where you have such a deep perspective on what's possible