Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, was the sole remaining facility in the United States to offer aversion therapy for…
On January 29 President Donald Trump issued an executive order launching “The Great American Recovery Initiative,” a White House campaign…
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…