Around Town
Another Saturday Night & they did have somebody
You know that old Cat Stevens song… Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody I got some money ’cause i just got paid How I wish I had someone to talk to. I’m in READ MORE
Addiction
Community
You aren’t alone, no matter what your addiction or your mental illness tell you
Dear Hope Nation, This letter may be directed at the one person in the world who absolutely needs to read it. I don’t know if you’re that person, and neither do you until you’ve read READ MORE
Community
Healing and connecting after addiction and loss: ‘10,000 Candles for NH’ vigils
On Aug. 29 a statewide candlelight vigil is planned at six locations, all beginning at 8 p.m., including Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Dover and Keene. READ MORE
Opinion
Where there is life, there is hope: Rethinking my notions on recovery
Today, the addict faces not just opiates — chemicals derived from poppies — but opioids —synthetic and much more powerful versions of the drugs of days gone by. READ MORE
Events
‘Families Coping with the Opioid Crisis’ Program set for Sept. 27
The event is free and open to the public. It will consist of a formal presentation followed by a Q&A session. READ MORE
Forward Focus
Faces of Recovery, Part 2: Eric’s Story
The closest that I can come to is imagine holding your breath and screaming at yourself not to take a breath – I mean really scream at yourself not to take a breath and your body is saying to take that breath. It just is, it’s a fight, flight survival instinct – and that’s what happens in active addiction. READ MORE
Forward Focus
Faces of Recovery, Part 1: Adam’s Story
This is the first of two articles from an interview that I conducted with two guys in recovery who work at Hope for New Hampshire Recovery in Manchester. This week is Adam’s story, about how he became addicted to opioids and his journey to recovery. READ MORE
Opinion
By the Light of Burning Tires I Watched My Life Go By
As I write this, it was a week ago that I spent my last night in Pittsburg, five miles from the Canadian border, alone outside the Tiny White Box. Wanting to mark the occasion, I built a small campfire in a fire pit as the sun was going down. There, I meditated on what I’ve lived in the last nine months, reviewed the writing I’ve done (and left undone) and thought about the next stage of my journey. READ MORE
Opinion
Looking into, not Looking through a man: Life as an invisible
Disregarded long enough, a man questions his existence. Disregarded long enough, a man hates himself. Disregarded long enough, a man stops acting like a man, forgets he is a man, loses sight of his human nature. READ MORE
Government
Boost for Safe Station from $333K grant for addiction, mental health services
The department expects the funding will allow RAPs programs to enter into formal evaluation and treatment agreements with 40 additional providers. READ MORE
