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This former addict is helping a new center treat teenage boys' opioid abuse

Avery Nix, marketing coordinator at Eagle Overlook Recovery for Adolescents, speaks during an interview in Dahlonega on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

11252018 OPIOD 007.JPG — Avery Nix, marketing coordinator at Eagle Overlook Recovery for Adolescents, speaks during an interview in Dahlonega on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

As Avery Nix works as the lead outreach for a new recovery center targeting substance abuse in adolescent boys, he has pondered how his own story may have changed.