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A director turned her family's addiction crisis into a mission to equip others with the support tools she wished she'd had
Key takeaways
Allie Hunter's work is motivated by personal experience with addiction in her family.
She aims to provide others with support tools she wished she had.
Hunter felt helpless during her sister's addiction struggles despite her position.
Allie Hunter, Director, Community Health Solutions, shares her personal experiences with addiction in her family, and how she got into this work because she wants to help others who are struggling. Allie says that as a family member, she felt helpless and didn't know how to help her sister after ten overdoses. She didn't have the tools or knowledge to understand addiction, and she felt like she was failing her sister.
As a family member, she felt helpless and didn't know how to help her sister after ten overdoses.
— Allie Hunter, Director, Community Health Solutions
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