“Family Day. No Drama.” – They Didn’t Visit Me in the Hospital. Then They Needed Me.

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I also joined a support group for people who’d gone no-contact with their families. Hearing other people’s stories—people who’d been scapegoated, used, discarded—helped me feel less alone.

Through my job at the hospital, I met people who became real family. Coworkers who checked on me. Friends who invited me to holidays. A community that continue reading …