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I didn’t think treatment worked. And I don’t mean that in an edgy, “recovery isn’t real” kind of way. I mean—I really tried. I showed up. I went to groups....
There’s a weird silence around quitting treatment. It’s not dramatic, not even always conscious. Sometimes you just… stop going. You skip one session, then two, and suddenly you’re not in...
I’m not new to treatment. Before I landed at Greater Boston Addiction Centers, I’d already cycled through two programs—one out-of-state, one local. I went because people told me I needed...
I used to believe that heroin was my secret backstage pass to feeling alive. It gave me swagger. It gave me fire. It made the quiet inside me sing louder...
I had four years clean when I realized I was starting to disappear again. Not in the way I used to—no needles, no relapses, no lies. But something was unraveling...
You love them—but some days, you barely recognize them. They can be warm, funny, present. The kind of person who remembers your coffee order or texts just to say they...
Relapse isn’t always failure. Sometimes it’s feedback. You watched your child go to treatment. You held your breath while they worked through detox, therapy, step work. They came home, maybe...
Sometimes it feels like everything you did to help your child just… didn’t work. They went to treatment. They followed the steps. Maybe they even came home looking healthier, talking...
I remember walking into my first appointment, heart pounding, thinking: This is it. Am I walking into jail? I pictured bland rooms, strict rules, isolation. I thought the only word...
You don’t have to be in crisis to be curious about treatment. Maybe you’re tired. Maybe you’re managing okay on the outside—but the inside is another story. Maybe heroin has...
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