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Healing and connecting after addiction and loss: ‘10,000 Candles for NH’ vigils

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Carol Robidoux 0

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

Where there is life, there is hope: Rethinking my notions on recovery

Thursday, August 30, 2018 Keith Howard 0

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

‘Families Coping with the Opioid Crisis’ Program set for Sept. 27

Monday, August 27, 2018 Michael McDonough 0

The event is free and open to the public. It will consist of a formal presentation followed by a Q&A session. READ MORE

Faces of Recovery, Part 2: Eric’s Story

Monday, July 2, 2018 Brian Chicoine 0

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

Faces of Recovery, Part 1: Adam’s Story

Monday, June 25, 2018 Brian Chicoine 0

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

By the Light of Burning Tires I Watched My Life Go By

Sunday, June 3, 2018 Keith Howard 0

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

Looking into, not Looking through a man: Life as an invisible

Sunday, April 22, 2018 Keith Howard 1

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

Boost for Safe Station from $333K grant for addiction, mental health services

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 NH Department of Health and Human Services 0

The department expects the funding will allow RAPs programs to enter into formal evaluation and treatment agreements with 40 additional providers. READ MORE

Trump: ‘This scourge of drug addiction will stop. It will stop’

Monday, March 19, 2018 Carol Robidoux 0

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

A free-association scream (900 or so words of id-driven rage at addiction poured onto the page without editing or re-reading)

Saturday, March 17, 2018 Keith Howard 0

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