Episode 4: “Three Days Too Late” Featuring Angela Kennecke
Angela Kennecke spent decades reporting on the overdose crisis.
Then it became the story of her own family.
In 2018, her daughter Emily died from fentanyl poisoning. An intervention was already planned. Help was coming. Emily died just days before it could happen.
Angela's story captures the harsh reality of the fentanyl era: families often recognize a problem, seek help and still run out of time.
Instead of retreating into grief, she transformed loss into action.
Today she works to ensure other families have access to the education, support and resources her own family desperately needed.
Fentanyl erased the luxury of waiting.
Emily's Hope
Founded in memory of Emily Kennecke, Emily's Hope works to prevent substance use disorder, eliminate barriers to treatment and recovery, expand naloxone access and reduce stigma.
The organization has supported hundreds of individuals entering recovery and created innovative prevention education programs reaching students across the country.
About Brave Recovery: The Women Impacted
Twelve women. Twelve stories. One challenge to everything we think we know about addiction, recovery, prevention, grief and hope.
From mothers and advocates to researchers, journalists, counselors, authors and community leaders, each woman featured in Brave Recovery: The Women Impacted reveals a deeper truth: recovery is not simply about individual choices. It is about whether families, communities and systems create the conditions that allow people to heal.
These stories are not only about survival.
They are about what becomes possible when people are seen, supported and given the opportunity to reclaim their futures.