 Hi everyone I'm Ed Baker and I'm your host producer on the addiction recovery channel. It's my pleasure today to introduce Dr. Kimberley Blake Dr. Blake is an OBGYN and an addiction medical specialist She's also the ambassador for Vermont team sharing. Welcome Kimberley. Hi Ed. Good to see you. Thanks for having me on today Yeah So I'm a physician in the community and I've been in the community for many years But by far my most important job has been being a mom to my sons Shawn and Ned Unfortunately Shawn died from a fentanyl overdose in 2017 and it is An incredible tragedy that I hope no other parent has to face When I looked for support I found support online Through a group called team sharing which is a nationwide Organization of parents who've lost kids to substance use it might be overdose or endocarditis or even suicide But we provide grief support and we also Advocate for change I'm excited about our event coming up on August 31st, which is international overdose awareness day We're holding the event at City Hall Park in Burlington from 5 to 7 p.m Honestly, it makes such a difference for the parents who bravely come to this event If people come and just pay their respects it just means so much to us oftentimes it's hard for us to even acknowledge the substance use that our children may have had and Being at this event shows so much support and solidarity for us. So I would really appreciate it. Yeah, thanks. Thank you, Kim Just add a little bit. I talk to people all the time about this and we're all feeling it We're all for feeling this deep sense of grief and a deep sense of responsibility We all want to do something and many of us don't know what to do This is what you can do If you want to do something if you want to make a statement if you want to demonstrate your care and demonstrate your Concern and demonstrate your demand that we do all we can here in Vermont to prevent death in the future Come to this event be with the parents be with each other Stand in solidarity Thank you