THE DIFFEREN
With his
compassi
heard sto
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Lake Sup
The day Chip told Heide he
needed help, she gave him the
phone number for Hazelden Betty
Ford’s youth center in Plymouth,
Minnesota. He made arrangements
for admission. Inpatient treatment
was followed by three months at
Hazelden Betty Ford’s sober living
program in St. Paul, four months at
a sober house, and then enrollment
in a collegiate recovery program—
all in all, more than a year of sober
one-days-at-a-time.
A FIRST LINE OF HELP
When Heide told Chip’s long-time
pediatrician about his death,
the doctor’s response struck
a nerve. “Her comment was, ‘It
feels like we failed
professionals.’”
So many of the ph
specialists Heide
through the years
or understand the
substance use and
mental health diso
pediatricians, fam
and other primary
are in a vital positi
only detect early w
of addiction but to
with the patient an
parents, spouses
members.
In 2019, Heide fo
way to honor Chip
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