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Stories with keyword: addiction

Stronger in the Broken Places

Amy’s been married to her husband for two decades. They’re a great match, laughing together and creating mischief despite the fact that he lives with a slew of debilitating health problems, including chronic back pain. One day in 2016 she … Continue reading →

Keywords addict, addiction, chronic pain, coroner, death, disability, firemen, health, humor, husband, joking, laughter, Live story, love, medical examiner, medication, MIssouri, MO, morphine, Olive Garden, opioids, overdose, poisoning, police, post mortem, quality of life, St. Louis, toxic

In the Blood

Growing up, Myriah’s mother is an alcoholic, as well as bipolar, and though the two have a close relationship, it’s codependent, with Myriah’s mom counting on her to be a responsible caretaker and rescuer at all times. One night, when … Continue reading →

Keywords abuse, addiction, alcoholic, alcoholism, bipolar, blood, codependency, drinking, dysfunctional family, emancipation, EMTs, fracture, Hepatitis C, impulsive, incoherent, injury, Live, mental illness, Minneapolis, Minnesota, mother

The Long Road

Leslie was a musician carrying a history of family addiction and trauma in her life. She was asleep, with her boyfriend staying over, when a burglar with a gun broke into their home. He started talking to Leslie while taking … Continue reading →

Keywords addiction, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, altered, boyfriend, break-in, brother, burglar, cocaine, cowboy, drive, drugs, ecstasy, escape, escape plan, family, gun, gunpoint, healing, heart condition, highway, hostage, kevin's pick, MDMA, motel, mother, music, music therapy, musician, overdose, police, pot, PTSD., Radio, recovery, robber, singer, songwriter, stealing, strategize, strategy, thief, threat, threatening, trauma, tripping, weed, X

24 Hours

In 2001, Gregory has just been kicked out of the navy for substance abuse issues (he’d been doing various drugs since adolescence), and his life has hit a rut; he’s renting sleeping space on a couch in Virginia, has no … Continue reading →

Keywords addiction, African-American storyteller, black, Black storyteller, crack, crack house, dealer, drug deals, drugs, grandmother, heroin, Live, meth, Navy, POC, POCI storyteller, St. Paul, substance abuse

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