Dylan shares how casual weekend use in high school turned into daily heroin dependence, then into fentanyl exposure through contaminated supply. Part 1 covers the school years, the first overdose, and the family intervention that pulled him out of Oregon…
Part 2 of Sam’s story follows the road from detox through three treatment attempts, the relapse that almost killed him, and the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) plan that finally held. We talk about buprenorphine, naloxone access, and what made the difference…
Sam walks us through the slow slide from a prescribed opioid after a sports injury to buying pills on social media. In Part 1, we hear about the early warning signs his family missed, how counterfeit M30s entered the picture,…
In this opening segment of the Breath of Life conversation, a family member shares the early hours after losing a loved one to fentanyl poisoning — what the phone call felt like, what the coroner said, and how the silence…
Sometimes people have a fixed idea of what a Fentanyl user looks like. This is not the case with Sarah, a woman with a job, a family, and everything going for her in New York City. We emphasize the importance…
“I’m from Italy. My insecurities and sharing about them create a space of honesty and vulnerability.” Veronica, a therapist at a San Diego behavioral health center, shares with us some of the struggles men have after Covid due to isolation…
“Not everyone makes it back. I’m lucky”. Bill gives us advice for parents, loved ones, and family on how to help, support, or intervene with someone suffering from fentanyl addiction. Listen to the season 2 finale of Bill’s story with…
“I’m not jealous of the kids today”, says Noah Liker, a therapist at a behavioral healthcare center in San Diego. Noah recommends spending quality time beyond the playing field and understanding burnout and how little insights can become a communication channel with your children. “If you aren’t happy, you can’t share it with your kids. Before things get better, it does get dark.
learn the hard way with everything”. Jail makes it possible for Bill to get off Fentanyl. Facing prison is an incentive to want to stay sober. I’ve tried to get sober before but I try a program that is embracing, becomes a community, and blessed to have been picked up after jail.
Pain pills are not enough. Who are these people around me? What am I doing around them? How did I get here? I’m offered heroin. It’s cheaper and stronger. I’m still able to hold a job. Things start slipping away…
