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A Battle-Tested Dad Shares Why The Support of Other Men Is Critical, Not Optional, If Your Child Misuses Drugs or Alcohol With Bill Guy

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When Bill Guy’s son Chris began experimenting with substances in junior high, Bill had no frame of reference for what was happening. Despite generational alcoholism in his family, drugs were unfamiliar territory. As he describes it, he was “like a deer in the headlights.” What followed was a years-long journey through his son’s addiction, multiple