43: Secrets are Normalized for Teens Growing Up in a Family with Addiction- Kim Thompson's Mission is to Change this Cultural Pattern

Families Navigating Addiction & Recovery · May 29, 2019 · 48m

"I think it's important that teens have some kind of role model… somebody in their life that believes in them."-Kim Thompson

Sometimes, the harder we hide something, the more painful it becomes- both to the person hiding it and to the ones it was hidden from. This is what happened to our guest, Kim Thomson. Her teenage years was marked with unaddressed questions and emotions that became an empty space, which she constantly tried to fill in. But the path she walked expanded that empty space instead. Now an adult, she came to realize the words above, moving her to make it her mission to help…