The Barbara Legere Experience

Barbara Legere [https://www.barbaralegere.com/]'s story of addiction and mental health is a cautionary tale for all parents. As she journeyed alongside her son, Keven through his struggles with substance abuse and depression-which ultimately led to suicide - Barbara learned so much about love in its purest form: caring enough to ask questions; listening without judgment or advice giving when it wasn't wanted  The risk we take by loving someone who needs more care than they can get from themselves brings us full circle back once again...to where we started. Except this time, with a new understanding: that love - in all its forms - is always worth the risk. Her story is one of love, hope, and ultimately tragedy. As a mother, she did everything she could to help her son, but in the end, she was forced to accept that there was nothing more she could do. In the process, she shines a light on the hidden anguish of countless parents who are taking care of children that society tells them to abandon.  For those parents who have borne witness to overdoses, arrests, addiction treatment and incarceration and even death, "Keven’s Choice" is a raw and intimate memoir of a mother’s grief that shows it’s possible and necessary to go on, even amidst the unimaginable. Available on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Kevens-Choice-Mothers-Journey-Addiction-ebook/dp/B09WL1QP6G/], Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kevens-choice-barbara-legere/1141254208], Walmart [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Keven-s-Choice-A-Mother-s-Journey-Through-Her-Son-s-Mental-Illness-Addiction-and-Suicide-Paperback-9781956955132/634519374?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=8351&msclkid=cdf12eeebda911ecba165ee9944c0ac2], Apple Books [https://books.apple.com/us/book/kevens-choice/id1615657323], or through your favorite bookstore. IN THIS EPISODE: 3:48 Meet Keven. 6:01 How she found out about his addiction 10:27 She got a crash-course about drugs - from addicts 11:20 7 of her son's friends are now gone... and she knows of over 300 other people dead from overdose, in South Orange County 14:31 Her eye opening experience visiting her son in prison 24:11 You need more than love 25:35 Was this what started the problem for Keven? 29:30 The effects begin to take their toll & Barbara takes a controversial approach 36:01 Her body, her choice 38:35 Keven's older half sister... 43:35 The two messages of her book