Desperate to Get High-And Desperate For Peace, by Brittany

Desperate to Get High-And Desperate For Peace, by Brittany

I was always so desperate in my addiction. Desperate for a fix, desperate to not be sick, desperate to not feel the pain anymore. I dug a hole so deep that I never thought I could climb out of. My desperation and low self-worth caused me to do things I never imagined I would be capable of. I went from …

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Death By Overdose

What Do You Mean She Overdosed?! She’s on Vivitrol!!

After we discovered my daughter Brittany was using heroin again, we had some hard choices to make. We knew she couldn’t live in our home anymore. After all, we also had a 10-year-old daughter, we had made family rules about consequences and I had to keep our home a safe haven. But the thought of having her not in my …

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To My Sister Warriors-Happy Mother’s Day

To My Sister Warriors-Happy Mother’s Day

I woke up this morning, with no intention of writing. But as I was doing my morning scroll of Facebook, I realized something. We are an incredibly special group of moms, united by addiction, into a sisterhood of a lifelong bond. Some of us have lost loved ones. Some of us have loved ones still struggling. Some of us have …

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The Trap House - My Heroin Home

The Trap House in Detroit-My Heroin Home, by Brittany

I did everything with it and nothing without it. It was my best friend, the love of my life, my soul mate. When I found heroin, I was complete. Nothing else mattered. I didn’t have a care in the world… Until I was sweating and shaking, until I couldn’t get out of bed without it, until it caused me to …

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