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What is it like growing up with stories about a grandfather who was a notorious addict, only to see him as a sober, garage-tinkering old man ? Sophia's son Joshua gets a front-row seat to the family history in this raw, dark-humored Q&A . Sandra and Sophia share the unbelievable survival details of living with an active user: dodging tinted-window minivans , tracking down a missing parent with a grandmother wearing her finest church blazer , and learning the hard way how to enforce ironclad boundaries to protect the people you love .Michigan Department of Corrections, MDOC, Muskegon Heights, Family Intervention, Generational Trauma, Addiction Recovery, Crack Logic, Stolen Van Bender, Fremont Michigan, Bridgeton Michigan, Sibling Podcast, Family Secrets Unlocked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What is it like growing up with stories about a grandfather who was a notorious addict, only to see him as a sober, garage-tinkering old man ? Sophia's son Joshua gets a front-row seat to the family history in this raw, dark-humored Q&A . Sandra and...

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