I’m Brandi Mac—a critical care nurse practitioner, mother, addiction advocate, and woman who’s had her soul cracked open by this system more times than I can count.

I built this work because I needed it. Because I’ve been the mom on the floor in the middle of the night, praying my daughter would survive her fentanyl addiction, and constantly being told “She has to hit rock bottom” all while I was the one dying inside.

I’ve fought insurance companies, seen first hand how broken and corrupt the addiction treatment industry can be, and learned that many detox protocols were more like punishment than care.

Every treatment center she would enter-was able to tell me exactly what I wanted to hear and make unrealistic promises all while draining our retirement. There was no real discharge plan, and no effort in providing real direction to families who desperately need it.

9x’s in treatment over 4 years.

Relapsed within 30 days…every time.

And I kept thinking: Where the hell is the person who’s supposed to help families like mine?

So I became her.