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Children Living in the Shadow of Addiction. Episode 6. Breaking The Shadow Cycle

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What breaks a family’s silence when addiction becomes the weather in every room? We open the door with language, boundaries, and a clear-eyed look at responsibility—so children aren’t left carrying stories they never chose. Drawing on years of clinical work with families living in the shadow of addiction, Kim Lee explains how “reality confrontation” works in practice, why it’s not about blame, and how it helps everyone see what’s actually happening without the fog of minimization or rationalization.

Across this conversation, we follow the precarious arc of recovery—from…

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