Voices on Addiction: Letting It Suck
The thing we most had in common was that none of us wanted to be there.
Voices on Addiction
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Voices on Addiction is a column devoted to true personal narratives of addiction, curated by Kelly Thompson, and authored by the spectrum of individuals affected by this illness. Through these essays, we hope—in the words of Rebecca Solnit—to break the story by breaking the status quo of addiction: the shame, stigma, and hopelessness, and the lies and myths that surround it. Sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, adult children, extended family members, spouses, friends, employers or employees, boyfriends, girlfriends, neighbors, victims of crimes, and those who’ve committed crimes as addicts, and the personnel who often serve them, nurses, doctors, social workers, therapists, prison guards, police officers, policy makers and, of course, addicts themselves: Voices on Addiction features your stories. Because the story of addiction impacts us all. Submit to our column editor, Kelly Thompson here.
Voices on Addiction: The Economics of Gentrified Vice
The marijuana shop shimmers from the abyss, a glowing green jewelry box atop the hill.
Voices on Addiction: Call Us Beautiful
I’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.
Voices on Addiction: A Body Full of Ghosts
I’ve known since I was a child that the world is ending. I felt it in my bones.
Voices on Addiction: Katie Calls
I want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Erin Khar
Erin Khar discusses her debut memoir, STRUNG OUT.
Voices on Addiction: We Love Our Sons, We Raise Our Daughters
Drunk women are targets. Drunk men can be anything.
Voices on Addiction: The Opposite of Hallelujah
When I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.
Voices on Addiction: Jack and the Boss
My sobriety is still a mystery to me. Forty years this December.
Voices on Addiction: Jokerman
My family rarely throws the word addiction around. If we do, it is whispered.
Voices on Addiction: Chicken Marsala and Meth
As it turned out, though, it was he who would surprise me that evening.