Demi Lovato Was Hospitalized For An Apparent Heroin Overdose Callie Byrnes “ She recently released a single admitting she had relapsed after six years of sobriety.
When Someone You Love Dearly Dies From An Overdose Holly Riordan “ You blame yourself, even if you did everything within your power to help them. Even if you had no idea they were struggling. Even if, deep down, you realize that you couldn’t have changed anything.
When Someone You Love Dies From An Overdose Holly Riordan “ You hate them for leaving you. You hate them for choosing their addiction over you.
How To Murder Your Life: 28 Important Things I Learned From Cat Marnell’s Speed Freak Memoir Mélanie Berliet “ Interns make great prescription drug mules.
To My Sister’s Drug Dealer, You Have No Idea How Much I Miss Her Alison Toney “ “Your sister overdosed baby” is what I heard my father say, my heart shattered, it ached, and my world went grey.
I Turned My Phone On This Morning To A Series Of Fucked Up Texts From My Roommate Luke Hartwick “ I kept knocking on his door, but it was locked and he wasn’t replying. But he doesn’t usually lock his bedroom door when he leaves…
I Met A Homeless Man Under The Train Tracks And This Is The Beautiful Lesson He Taught Me About Life Shane Kang “ I hear homeless people at nights. From under the railway overpass where many of them sleep, the noises echo across the road to my apartment on Flinders Street
What Would The World Be Like If Obituaries Started Saying, ‘Lost Their Battle With Addiction’? Abby Rosmarin “ I’m going to hate that this is my opening paragraph and I’ll tell you why in a minute. But, for the sake of starting this, let’s just get it over with: another person from my hometown recently died from a drug overdose.
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