Your life has taken a different direction than you ever thought it would. It all started when your mom died of cancer just a few years ago. In your grief, you just wanted the pain to end. When you cleaned out her medicine cabinet, you found the leftover pain pills, and before you knew it […]
You walk into the quiet room to find your 52-year-old husband looking like a frozen statue. He is seated with his elbows flexed and fists clenched while his neck is held stiff in a bent position. He doesn’t move or speak, even when you call his name repeatedly. Attempts to touch or lightly shake him […]
You’ve recently started to hear your partner talk about “Muder 8” and you’re not sure what it is. Normally it’s something you either overhear when they’re talking on the phone, or you hear it in passing. They’d already been acting weird recently, missing your normal date nights and going out late at night. Now they’re […]
After consuming heroin, you begin to feel nauseated. You rush to the toilet and vomit into the bowl. It makes you feel horrible, but you think it must be worth it compared to your high. Since you started taking heroin, you have been vomiting shortly after, which must be normal, right? You wonder if there […]
You have been doing great. Your treatment went perfectly, and you were heading in the right direction. You had gotten a job, had reconnected with loved ones, and had been without heroin for almost a year. And then familiar stresses started to come back. Your finances began to suffer. Family relationships started to feel strained. […]
Over time you have noticed that your arm, where you frequently inject heroin, has formed a firm, red bump. The area is warm and painful with yellow liquid just under the surface. You decide just to pop it and get it over with. What harm could be done by letting the liquid out? However, a […]
Your friend recently died from an apparent heroin overdose. At first, you accept it because it comes with the crowd you spend time with. Hearing so-and-so died of an overdose comes every once in a while. It’s sad, but doesn’t affect you anymore. That was until the toxicology report said fentanyl was found in their […]
You once viewed yourself as a functioning citizen living in East Tennessee. You were paying bills on time. You were providing your family with great experiences. The only problem is that you use heroin. You’ve tried to hide it from those you love, but it is starting to get more difficult. It may have started […]
A woman is prescribed morphine for massive migraines in the hospital. She begins to take it regularly and realizes that the more morphine she takes, the less her headaches bother her. Her body, and specifically her head, have become dependent on morphine. She picks up her bottle one day and realizes that she has one […]
If there is one thing society is good at, it is telling others our opinions. Everyone has their two cents about hot topics such as LGBTQ, raising children, and even down to the food we consume. With the internet and social media taking the world by storm, there is no way to post a photo […]
