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Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid EpidemicA middle-class family man's journey into homelessness and heroinTom Wolf embodied the quintessential image of a middle-class family man—married, with two children, living in the suburbs, and holding a steady job as a child support officer. However, his life took a drastic turn after a seemingly routine foot surgery led to a prescription for painkillers.Listen as we delve into Tom's journey from a happy, hardworking American to homeless, living on the streets and consumed by the relentless pursuit of heroin.We hope today's episode not only informs you about our nation's opioid epidemic and how literally anyone can struggle with substance us...2024-05-2944 minGrieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid EpidemicSnapchat & drug deals: Hear from parents taking on social media giant after son diesIn this week's episode of Grieving Out Loud, Angela Kennecke speaks with another family she met at the DEA Family Summit, a conference for midwest parents who've lost a child to fentanyl, that she attended in November of 2022. Bridgette and Tom Norring, a Hastings, Minnesota family, is one of the dozens of families suing the parent company of Snapchat after their children died from drug overdoses. Norring's son, Devin, was an athlete, honor student, and musician who made a deadly mistake. He bought what he thought was a Percocet from a drug dealer through Snapchat, which ended u...2023-03-2238 minGrieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid EpidemicA Mother on Surviving the Loss of Two Sons to OverdoseDenise Roberts’ two sons, Matthew and Dillan, were born on the same day, four years apart. She was married to her husband, Tom, for ten years when he had a heart attack at age 42 and died. They were already trying to get her son, Dillan, who was 17 at the time, help for substance use disorder. Dillan went through treatment three times, but he died two years later from a heroin overdose. His older brother Matthew struggled with Dillan’s death and also turned to drugs. Six years after Dillan’s overdose, Matthew also overdosed and died. In this ep...2022-03-2842 min