Father Shares Fly Fishing With Addiction Recovery Groups After 1 Son's Death
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Updated · NPR · Jul 20
Father Shares Fly Fishing With Addiction Recovery Groups After 1 Son's Death
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jul 20
Summary
A grieving father is using fly fishing to support people recovering from addiction after losing his son to the disease.
The effort grew from his own healing: he found the sport's meditative rhythm helped him cope with grief that followed his son's death.
The phrase "Adams Parachute" — a fly-fishing term that could not save his son — now anchors his attempt to turn personal loss into a tool for recovery.
His outreach reflects a broader push to find community-based, nonclinical ways to help people in addiction recovery rebuild focus, calm and connection.