Tag: recovery
Why I Won’t Celebrate National Recovery Month
It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the ...
In Milwaukee, a Recovery Community Event Highlights Harm Reduction
On August 31, I spent time with people on the frontlines of the overdose ...
Drug Courts Don’t Just Force People Into Treatment. They Deny Us, Too.
Standing in the courtroom as I awaited sentencing, the light tapping of the stenographer ...
A Prison Breakup Tested My Meth Recovery. Alcohol Helped Me Keep It.
I met Paul in 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. I was an ...
A Year After I Quit Drugs, the Stigma Still Haunts Me
From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at ...
How Deep Does New Jersey’s Anti-Stigma Messaging Really Run?
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against ...
WA Ballot Measure to Decriminalize Drugs Has Early Poll Lead
As a signature drive kicks off in Washington State to qualify a drug decriminalization ...
Vulnerable People Are Dying in Unregulated Recovery Houses
Dawn Troutt, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, lost her 38-year-old son to a fentanyl-involved overdose ...
Non-Substance Addictions Are Key to Understanding What Drugs Don’t Do
The parents of a 13-year-old middle school student brought their son to a counselor ...
Kratom Helps Me Cope With Life, So What’s the Problem?
A kilo is surprisingly heavy, I thought as I dropped the package onto my ...
