Elizabeth is a journalist from the Pacific Northwest. Her work has appeared in publications including Vox, Tonic/Vice, TalkPoverty, HealthyPlace and The Establishment. She has an MFA in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University. She also writes about trauma, addiction and recovery on her blog, Betty’s Battleground.
Ketamine washed my thoughts away. It was quite a feat, really. Fifteen years living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 10…
“I’m going to level with you Molly—opioids have a 97 percent relapse rate.” This is the opening line for the…
When I began using heroin on the West Coast in the late 2000s, it came in the form of a…
“I hate myself.” The words slipped out of my youngest child’s mouth with a casual levity. Only 5 years old,…
One moment, I was dabbing off a smudge of eyeliner in front of the bathroom mirror, just a commonplace, mundane…
As our nation wakes up anxiety-ridden, collectively uncertain of whether we’ve been delivered from political catastrophe, many of us who…
One of the last memories I have of hanging out with my friend Jana (not her real name) was Halloween.…
A surprising substance has been stirring quiet controversy within the United States military community this year. The use of cannabidiol…
It’s afternoon on the Monday after the Fourth of July. My daughters, ages five and six, sit perched on the…
Since George Floyd was horrifically murdered by Minneapolis cops on May 25, events have unfolded dramatically, and amid worldwide protests,…