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We are Voices from the Opioid Crisis—a living archive of raw, honest stories from those touched by addiction, recovery, and loss.


Through these voices, we confront stigma, raise awareness, and build community-driven change.

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Every overdose, every recovery, and every loss has a story behind it. By sharing yours, you can help break stigma, offer hope, and remind others they are not alone. You don’t need to be a writer—we’ll help you tell your story with compassion, care, and respect.

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Taking Multiple Medications? What Older Adults and Families Need to Know

For many older adults, taking several medications every day is simply part of life. A medication for blood pressure. Another for cholesterol. Something for pain. Perhaps an antidepressant, a blood thinner, a medication for diabetes — and maybe a few over-the-counter medications or dietary supplements as well. Each medication may have a legitimate reason for being there. But when several medications are taken together, something else can happen: they can

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Taking Multiple Medications? What Older Adults and Families Need to Know

For many older adults, taking several medications every day is simply part of life. A medication for blood pressure. Another for cholesterol. Something for pain. Perhaps an antidepressant, a blood thinner, a medication for diabetes — and maybe a few over-the-counter medications or dietary supplements as well. Each medication may have a legitimate reason for being there. But when several medications are taken together, something

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Stories That Stay With Us

THEO MARINESCU

The fateful day arrived on May 17, 2015. There will never come a day, hour, minute or second that I stop loving or thinking about my son. Child loss is a loss like no other. Theo was an incredibly loved young man.
Friends flew across the country to be at his funeral, and the incredible sadness about how his death could have been prevented just permeated the air. Because of the embarrassment he felt, he never asked his friends for help.

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ADAM EATMON

I found Al-Anon but Adam would have none of it. He refused help. He turned inward, his rage coming out at me more and more as he aged. He became violent.

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