41 minHeroin and opioids
I was a heroin addict in Kensington
Westley Morris/Thirteen years sober
7 conversations
Heroin and opioids
From a prescription bottle to Kensington, and the road back.
Almost none of these stories start with heroin. They start with a prescription, a pill from a friend, a knee surgery. The distance between that and a needle is shorter than most people think, and the guests here walk through it step by step.
They are honest about what it actually felt like, which is the part most accounts skip. They are just as honest about detox, about the relapses, and about what finally held.
The conversations
Every episode about heroin and opioids
41 min
40 minHeroin and opioids
25 rehabs failed. A kidnapping is what finally saved her
Ashley Moore/In recovery
46 minHeroin and opioids
From a Level 4 prison yard to 13 years sober
Garet/Thirteen years sober
31 minHeroin and opioids
She nearly lost her arm twice and still didn't stop
Lauren G./Philadelphia and Kensington
42 minHeroin and opioids
She lied about mahjong to meet her dealer
Jordi/Ten years of hidden opioid use
54 minHeroin and opioids
Inside Olivia's descent into IV heroin addiction
Olivia/Nurse, seven years sober
2 hr 3 minHeroin and opioids
I had a $1,200-a-day pill habit
Kevin Lanning/Interviewing me
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Other things people come here for
- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.18
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.17
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.14
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.14
- Sober living and habitsThe unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.10
- Debt and moneySix figures gone in an afternoon, and the years spent paying it back.10
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