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Voices on Addiction: Searching for Gwen

  • Laurie Easter
  • September 8, 2021
This was a reconnaissance mission. My intention was to save her, not alienate her.
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Old Child

  • Sara Martin
  • December 2, 2020
We laughed hard, loudly, in the chemo room. We didn’t have to be good.
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Voices on Addiction: There Were Also Girls, Women

  • Kat Moore
  • October 20, 2020
I always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
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No Story Ever Really Ends: Talking with Amy Long

  • Haley Sherif
  • August 28, 2020
Amy Long discusses her debut book, CODEPENDENCE.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Erica C. Barnett

  • Chris Moore
  • August 27, 2020
Erica C. Barnett discusses her debut memoir, QUITTER.
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Voices on Addiction: Letting It Suck

  • Liesl Schwabe
  • August 11, 2020
The thing we most had in common was that none of us wanted to be there.
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Voices on Addiction: Jack and the Boss

  • Nina Gaby
  • December 23, 2019
My sobriety is still a mystery to me. Forty years this December.
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Voices on Addiction: Chicken Marsala and Meth

  • June Sylvester Saraceno
  • November 12, 2019
As it turned out, though, it was he who would surprise me that evening.
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Voices on Addiction: One More Conversation

  • Britt Canty
  • February 25, 2019
That’s how I felt again, then: a child suddenly fallen, helpless. Unable even to breathe.
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ENOUGH: The Forgotten Women

  • The Rumpus
  • October 2, 2018
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: The Five Cs

  • Penny Guisinger
  • September 11, 2018
The truth is different. The truth is always different.
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Coming Clean

  • Ben Gwin
  • June 12, 2018
Intellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
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