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'My Heart Still Beats': Kate O'Neill Reflects On Her Late Sister's Struggle With Opioid Addiction

My Heart Still Beats is a special series from Writers for Recovery and VPR. The project features conversation and original writing from the recovery community all around Vermont.

In the final episode of the series, Kate O'Neill talks about the life and death of her sister, Madelyn "Maddie" Linsenmeir, who struggled for years with opioid addiction. 

Broadcast on VPR on Saturday, March 2, 2019.

More from this episode, and the series, here.

My Heart Still Beats has support from the VPR Innovation Fund, and SB Signs.

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