Every great story begins from much the same place. What makes any story great is not where it begins, but where it takes us.
The story of today’s guest begins at the same place many of our Addiction Conversation stories do. It may be challenging or repetitive to hear listen to another story that starts from that dark place known as addiction, overdose and loss. It the only way to truly appreciate the success, the lessons, and the experience of the hero’s journey is to know where their personal story begins.
What you will hear today is the journey of a single mom, who lost her son in 2013 to an overdose. While her son traveled in and out of treatment facilities for years, he eventually lost his battle with his addiction.
Every conversation is an opportunity to be inspired, informed, and educated. This conversation with Mary Beth Nametz is much the same. Listen to her story as she shares her experiences on her journey, her commitment to find recovery resources for parents who need answers now, and her other projects like providing coats to the homeless.
Heard on this podcast: “Unless life becomes so unbearable to the point they don’t want to do this anymore, nothing changes. If we keep picking up the pieces for them they will never get to that point.”
Links of Interest:
A Beautiful Mess Foundation (Facebook)
