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Tom O’Connor
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Join date: Jun 18, 2025
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Tom O'Connor is the founder and publisher of the Vital Voyage Blog. Tom is a retired businessman with a B.A in psychology. As a child of an alcoholic, he is passionate about helping fellow adult children of substance use disorders to heal and live peaceful lives. Tom wrote a remarkable memoir, "Discover Your Adult Child," depicting one man's courage, discipline, and resilience as he overcomes childhood trauma related to his father's alcoholism. Merging personal experience with meticulous research, Tom also shares practical knowledge and survival skills to help other children of parents with substance use disorders live happier lives.
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Oct 24, 2025 ∙ 6 min
What Is Body Brokering In SUD Treatment Centers?
Publisher Tom O’Connor exposes the dark side of patient brokering in addiction treatment and offers guidance on finding ethical recovery programs.
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May 4, 2025 ∙ 6 min
Two Adults Living with Adult-Child Syndrome
Kirsten Rabuck collaborates with me as a co-author for this issue. She is a substance abuse counselor and an adult child of an alcoholic father, just like me. Together, we draw on our experiences as adult children to help others facing similar challenges.
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Mar 10, 2025 ∙ 6 min
SUD War Zones At Home
War zones might be closer than you realize, with 25% of children growing up with a father, mother, or both who have a substance use disorder
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