David Kessler

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991 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 30 Jun

David Kessler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And I was thrown into that hell that anyone who's living with a loved one with addiction knows what that's like.

And he worked so hard to get through that.

And he struggled and struggled and made it and was doing well and met an incredible social worker.

He was dating.

And at 21, was in programs, sober, doing well.

He and his girlfriend hit a bump that anyone at 21-year-olds do.

Called up some friends.

And I'll tell you, I didn't know if I would get up again.

One of the things I remember people always want to know, like,

What did you learn that you didn't know?

How intense the pain can be.

I had forgotten that.

I wanted to write every parent that ever had a child die that I'd counseled a note saying, I didn't get it.

And then I got to tell you, I was someone who used to dish out, oh, go to a grief group, read a book, you know, go to a grief counselor.

And then I had to do that, Mel.

And I went to a grief group.

It took me three times to get there.

I went to a grief group, took my contacts out, put my glasses on, baseball cap.

I had to literally sit five feet from my books.

And I couldn't tell anyone.

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