As a mother, wife, responsible business owner and community member, no one ever suspected me of being an alcoholic, including my husband.  Because I didn't appear to be the "typical addict" I found it difficult to get noticed, let alone get the help I so desperately wanted.  

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I eventually found my path to recovery and again heard that familiar phrase, this time from my own husband: "If I had only known".  Now, many years sober, I and my canine companions are helping the loved ones of children, and potential drug abusers, in answering the question: is my child using....before they too say,