Recovery Stories

FindTreatment.gov is the federal website set up to help people search for and find addiction treatment options in their communities. Photo: Kristen Uppercue/100 Days in Appalachia
FindTreatment.gov is the federal website set up to help people search for and find addiction treatment options in their communities. Photo: Kristen Uppercue/100 Days in Appalachia

The Federal Website That’s Supposed to Help ‘Find Treatment’ Needs Work, Experts Say

Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. Last year more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from an overdose – the highest number ever recorded. More than a million Americans have lost their lives to overdose […]

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What Hulu’s Newest Series Won’t Show You: A Virginia Community Solving Its Opioid Crisis

Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. The report didn’t bring good news. In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said doctors in Martinsville, Virginia, gave out more opioids per person than any other city […]

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Matt Carroll has been in recovery for 10 years and advocates for medication in treating the disease of addiction. Federal and medical research supports his position. Photo: Todd Brase/100 Days in Appalachia

Medication and Recovery: Doctors Say Access to Critical Addiction Care is Difficult in Appalachia

Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. Matt Carroll has stories to tell – stories he’s not proud of but shares for a purpose. After years of living with substance use disorder and through multiple incarcerations associated […]

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‘It Doesn’t Have to Be the End’: A Personal Account of Addiction and Hope in Appalachia

Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline 1-800-662-HELP or visit findtreatment.gov. On January 2nd, 2021, I woke up to find Thea Wright dead of a heroin overdose.  When the police and paramedics arrived, she was treated like another “junkie,” another nameless […]

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I’ve Always Wanted To Be A Mother: Starting Over After A Life On The Streets In Addiction

WYSO’s Recovery Stories series brings you intimate conversations from the heart of Dayton’s opioid epidemic. In this story, we meet Susan Fitzpatrick and Rebecca Thayer, mother and daughter who describe themselves as best friends. Their voices even sound remarkably alike. Rebecca, who friends call Becky, is 35 years old and […]

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