Dear Eric: I’ve just turned 40 this past year. The last 15 years I was in a horrible drug addiction. I lied and hurt and did terrible things to a lot of people, especially my family. About eight years ...
When substance abuse enters a family’s life, it rarely affects just one person. The ripple effects touch everyone in the household, altering relationships, routines, and the emotional atmosphere that ...
OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. BALTIMORE IS FIGHTING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC BY LIFTING UP THE WORK OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. ONE IS HELPING UP MISSION THROUGH OPIOID RESTITUTION ...
When addiction takes over the life of a drug user, it also upends the lives of family members, spouses, and partners. A person with an addiction to opioids (like oxycontin, heroin, and fentanyl) will ...
This story is part of The Montana Gap project, produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. There’s some hope around a folding table here, inside this smallish Main Street storefront ...
In the American mind, drug addiction happens only to people “born under a bad sign.” That’s just not true. Worse, it implies that success in life protects individuals from addiction. Throughout my ...
Dear Eric: I’ve just turned 40 this past year. The last 15 years I was in a horrible drug addiction. I lied and hurt and did terrible things to a lot of people, especially my family. About eight years ...