To the Father I Never Knew on Father’s Day
Erik Proulx never hated his father, “a wonderful person with a terrible sickness”: heroin addiction. This Sunday, kids around America will serve breakfast to their fathers in bed. They will bring them...
View ArticleGraphic Tales of Larceny
Matthew Parker’s graphic novel illustrates his personal journey from heroin addiction and petty crime to the Columbia MFA program. Matthew Parker tucks into his lobster and crab quesadilla and...
View ArticleThree Persistent Myths about Heroin use and Overdose Deaths
Myths matter. Only by a clear understanding of the life course of heroin dependence, and the ways in which the drug kills, can we make evidence-based interventions to help people. — By Shane Darke and...
View ArticleFrom Heroin to Heroine: How One Good Man Made All the Difference
She believed she was worthless, and he said, “You don’t have to believe in you. You just need to believe that I do.” And she did. — “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But...
View ArticleTo the Father I Never Knew on Father’s Day
Erik Proulx never hated his father, “a wonderful person with a terrible sickness”: heroin addiction. This Sunday, kids around America will serve breakfast to their fathers in bed. They will bring them...
View ArticleGraphic Tales of Larceny
Matthew Parker’s graphic novel illustrates his personal journey from heroin addiction and petty crime to the Columbia MFA program. Matthew Parker tucks into his lobster and crab quesadilla and...
View ArticleThree Persistent Myths about Heroin use and Overdose Deaths
Myths matter. Only by a clear understanding of the life course of heroin dependence, and the ways in which the drug kills, can we make evidence-based interventions to help people. — By Shane Darke and...
View ArticleFrom Heroin to Heroine: How One Good Man Made All the Difference
She believed she was worthless, and he said, “You don’t have to believe in you. You just need to believe that I do.” And she did. — “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But...
View ArticleHeroin Abuse in the Hudson Valley
Embed from Getty Images US Representative Sean Patrick Maloney recently held another of his town hall meetings via phone and engaged the Hudson Valley on an issue that certainly merited the...
View ArticleTo the Father I Never Knew on Father’s Day
Erik Proulx never hated his father, “a wonderful person with a terrible sickness”: heroin addiction. This Sunday, kids around America will serve breakfast to their fathers in bed. They will bring them...
View ArticleGraphic Tales of Larceny
Matthew Parker’s graphic novel illustrates his personal journey from heroin addiction and petty crime to the Columbia MFA program. Matthew Parker tucks into his lobster and crab quesadilla and...
View ArticleThree Persistent Myths about Heroin use and Overdose Deaths
Myths matter. Only by a clear understanding of the life course of heroin dependence, and the ways in which the drug kills, can we make evidence-based interventions to help people. — By Shane Darke and...
View ArticleFrom Heroin to Heroine: How One Good Man Made All the Difference
She believed she was worthless, and he said, “You don’t have to believe in you. You just need to believe that I do.” And she did. — “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But...
View ArticleHeroin Abuse in the Hudson Valley
Embed from Getty Images US Representative Sean Patrick Maloney recently held another of his town hall meetings via phone and engaged the Hudson Valley on an issue that certainly merited the...
View ArticleRescuing The Rescuers [Podcast]
— This week Andy Grant is joined by 9/11 first responder, writer, and podcaster, Stephen Kavalkovich, to talk about the immense pressure, and challenges faced by first responders. Stephen holds nothing...
View ArticleOvercoming Addiction – Getting Out of Your Own Way
When we hear of success stories, we often hear the success story beginning at the end, with the accomplishment, but we don’t hear the intensity and details of what the person actually went through....
View ArticleFrom Misery to Miracle
Real success stories begin with tough situations. Marty Norman shares his truth and his ability to overcome drugs and alcohol. He discusses how his addiction and his choices led him to the recurring...
View ArticleHeroin and the Fragile Beast
I reckon it’s easy to just blow this off as something that happens in other places to other people, but the fact that heroin use is so prevalent, and on the rise, is telling for a couple of reasons....
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