recovery
The Tragic Story of How an Addiction Podcast Grew into a Recovery Community
After the overdose death of a ‘Dopey Podcast’ host, a founder shares the show’s unlikely path to popularity.
How Corrupt Rehab Facilities Cash in on Relapses
A sober home owner explains the dark side of the recovery industry.
Why Does Everything Remind Me of Taking Cocaine?
Playing a game of chess against my son, I was transported back 20 years, to a house where I'd go to score cocaine and sometimes smoke crack.
Who Am I Without Drugs? Imagining Life After Rehab
“My identity had become so entwined with heroin that I had normalized it. It was only occasionally, in a moment of clarity, that I realized just how abnormal being a heroin addict was.”
An Unladylike Article About Addiction
Substance abuse is at odds with what's expected of women. But here I am, a woman in rehab, facing how addiction challenges everything that's ever been expected of me.
The Facebook Page That Led to 30 Drug-Rehab Arrests
One informant reported having been paid in heroin to live in a sober home and collect money from visitors who sexually assaulted female residents.
Welcome to Rehab
"I am tired of the putrid stench of sweat and the overwhelming compulsion to use, use, use because if I don’t, I will die."
Confessions of an Addict
In this new series, writer Hannah Brooks reflects on addiction, recovery, and relapse.
Drug Users Want to Lead Victoria’s Opioid Crisis Battle
Give us more money, say peer-run harm reduction groups like SOLID.
Online, I'm the Picture of Health. Offline, I Have a Chronic Illness
I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 19—but you'd never guess that from scrolling through my Instagram feed.
Online, I'm the Picture of Health. Offline, I Have a Chronic Illness
I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 19—but you'd never guess that from scrolling through my Instagram feed.
People Share How They Overcame Their Eating Disorder
"I realised that my body was not – and never will be – a problem to be solved."