Larissa will find another job. She’s insightful and gifted and attractive, and that’s what her references will say. They won’t say she’s a drunk. They won’t want to damage her opportunities because “She’s so great when she’s not drinking. If it weren’t for that . . .” Unfortunately, those ellipses never end without change, and that change doesn’t seem to come without work on our part. READ MORE
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
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
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
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
The event is free and open to the public. It will consist of a formal presentation followed by a Q&A session. READ MORE
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
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
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
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
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