Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total abstinence. In reality, many people recover…
Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make you cry and scream. Cry for…
I have been seeking recovery from alcohol, heroin and pharmaceutical opioid use disorders since late 2013. The treatment system is fraught…
The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) has curated a “Family & Caregiver Toolkit,” aimed at those whose children…
It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the first or any other step on…
On August 31, I spent time with people on the frontlines of the overdose crisis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Taking the…
Standing in the courtroom as I awaited sentencing, the light tapping of the stenographer gave me déjà vu. The watchful…
I met Paul in 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. I was an admin orderly; he was a new…
From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at least to friends—people shamed me. This…
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against people with addiction. In 2018, for…