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Nigel On Being Raised By a Drug-Addicted Mom: "I Used To Watch Her Shoot Heroin Up"

From Iyanla, Fix My Life
Nigel's parents, Laverne and Neil, ended their relationship shortly after his birth but both continued using drugs for the next two decades. Nigel was left to be raised by his heroin-addicted mother, while Neil lived separately, falling deeper into his drug use and becoming less of a presence in all of his children's lives. Here, Nigel opens up about the pain of growing up with his drug-addicted late mother.

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Published 07/03/2019
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