Growing up with addiction in the family and trying to change public policy to help people with a substance use disorder

Se-ah-dom Edmo, Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce & Yakama, is Executive Director of the MRG Foundation and Co-Chair of Oregon Recovers. Addiction is all to familiar with her, as her father has suffered from alcoholism the most of her life. Instead of hiding the disease, Se-ah-dom's mother openly talked about their father's disease and educated the children about what the disease of addiction looks like and does.  

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