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Patrick Kennedy shared his personal and family challenges with mental illness and addiction in his bestselling memoir “A Common Struggle.” Now, he has turned the tables. He asked folks to
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To heroin, what's new with you? but if your daughter had cancer, you would tell them. we are contributing to the stigma by our unwillingness to talk about it openly. >> the light, the sparkle she once had left her. and what remained was a dull, flat void. it is the look of hopelessness. it is the look that too many of us see. and it is that look that haunts me most when i think of her. >> carly fiorina there, talking about her stepdaughter lori who died in 2009 after battling drug and alcohol addiction. there you see patrick kennedy, former congressman from rhode island, co-author of the book ...
Joe biden and ted kennedy were close throughout their decades on capitol hill and both ran for president and patrick served in the house for 16 years. patrick kennedy, author of "a common struggle" joins me now. good to see you. >> thank you. >> thank you for spending time with us. you know joe biden well. you saw the news like the rest of us today from the rose garden. were you disappointed? >> i love joe biden. i think he's given so much to this country and as he said he still has more to give. i'm happy for joe biden. >> how? why? >> because i mean what a great life and the fact that he's s...
Kennedy, son of ted kennedy, writes not only about his own challenges with mental illness and addiction but the private struggles of his parents. his mother joan, the father, late senator ted kennedy. i spoke to patrick about why he revealed so much and how it has divided his family. patrick kennedy, thank you for joining us. author of the new book "a common struggle," tell us why you wrote the book. >> we got people to tell their own stories about discrimination. part of the challenge we have more more mental health and treatment in this country is the political challenge that no one will spe...