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Andrea Gibson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

A lot of people that are just treating people horribly.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

I don't want to deny that.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

But I don't think that I can at the core say I believe people are good or bad.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

Yeah, I would love to.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

My sister, and so she's part of the reason that my whole big pharma issues with some of that.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

But my sister is wonderful.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And my sister is 10 years younger than me.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

So when she was born, I had this love for her that wasn't like a sibling love.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

It was...

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

It was like I felt almost like her parent, even though my parents were great parents to her.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

But the age difference, I had that sort of parental love, which it was like, you know, if you die, I'll die because, you know, you are you are my baby.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And so when she was 14, she got addicted to Oxycontin.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And I think a lot of people know this at this point, but that pharmaceutical company specifically went into communities where people were in pain and people were struggling, communities where people typically worked hard, hardworking class people, and they specifically put that drug in those areas of the country.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

I grew up in a poor area of the country with lots of really working hard, working class people.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And so the whole town, I mean, it was this cute little town.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And then all of a sudden, everybody is addicted.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And so my sister, that happened.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

She was the happiest kid I had ever known.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And then all of a sudden, she's not.

We Can Do Hard Things
The Andrea Gibson Talk that Sparked Our Oscar-Nominated Film

And that addiction lasted 13 years.