Twenty years of an aching desire for opioids had finally taken their toll on Jeremy. He felt far away from the life he used to know, stranded alone on a dark world. Another failed relationship. Another payday spent on drugs. Another lost job. Another hit. Another. Another. His family had gone, along with his art […]
Kathy knows intimately the bondage of addiction, what it’s like to sleep with her car keys and purse under her pillow; and to remove her son’s bedroom door from its hinges. She knows shame, guilt; and rearview mirror thinking. She has met chaos and the feeling of isolation. Her story illustrates the web that addiction
Cassie sat in her cell, humming a Matchbox Twenty song, tapping her toes against the stone wall. When she hears “Unwell” on the radio, she is immediately taken back to a wild crowd, thumping music, and a bottle of Loritabs dropped by a fan on crutches. Cassie was introduced to drugs the way many teens
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