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
Addiction
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
Politics
Trump: ‘This scourge of drug addiction will stop. It will stop’
President Trump’s message to a community that has been ravaged by drugs was a welcome one. On Monday Trump came to Manchester to talk about breaking the chain of misery that drug addiction has wrought, one link at a time – from drug suppliers and dealers, all the way to the morgues. READ MORE
Opinion
A free-association scream (900 or so words of id-driven rage at addiction poured onto the page without editing or re-reading)
Readers know I’m not a God guy at all, not real interested in whether the Big Joker in the Sky is paying attention. Still, I pray 50 or 75 times a day, saying the same prayer over and over and over: “Thank you, God.” For today, I’m going to amend that prayer to “Thank you, God, and please help Larissa find a way to want to find a path to sobriety.” READ MORE
Government
DHHS seeks federal waiver and public comment on expanding substance use disorder services
As part of the process, the DHHS is soliciting public comment. A 30-day public comment period has begun and will continue through March 30, 2018. All comments must be received by 12 p.m. EST on March 30. DHHS will host two public hearings during the public comment period, including March 6 in Manchester. READ MORE