{"id":69,"date":"2007-12-21T19:19:03","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T00:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2007-12-22T12:41:33","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T17:41:33","slug":"andy-reid-tells-his-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=69","title":{"rendered":"Andy Reid Tells His Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have discussed Coach Reid and his family situation several times on this blog, and I think\u00a0my opinions are clear, so I do not want to rehash what I’ve already written<\/a>.\u00a0 Just want to say that I’m extremely impressed and touched by the newest story surrounding the Reid family.<\/p>\n

Apparently, they (Andy and his wife, Tammy) have decided to talk about their experience\u00a0parenting children\/young adults\u00a0with addiction problems.\u00a0 The motives of this public interview from very private people is to educate other parents that may be experiencing similar situations to know that they are not alone.<\/p>\n

The actual interview has not come out yet, so I do not want to\u00a0render an opinion on the effectiveness of the message or the appropriateness of the interview’s direction, but I do want to say that from this ESPN article<\/a>\u00a0it seems like they really do get it.\u00a0 On a daily basis, I work with people with addiction problems and it is terrifying because no one is immune to addicition.\u00a0 I am convinced that substance abuse is a mental illness and ought to be treated as such.\u00a0 Why do we, in this country, offer full treatment services to schizophrenics but not to addicts?\u00a0 I do not want to get into social commentary on a sports weblog, so I will stop here.\u00a0 I just thought it appropriate to mention, since it is a topic about which I am extremely passionate.<\/p>\n

I look forward to reading the interview and hope that it will help other people who find themselves in similar positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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