Contents
Acknowledgements
Forward by Catherine McDowell, Executive Director and Founder of Roots of Recovery
Introduction by Jaynie Royal and Ruth Feiertag
A Bad Night, an essay by Barbara Lodge
Oxy, a poem by Tom Pescatore
Alex's Teeth, a poem by Susan Vespoli
Heroin Addiction: News From the Happy Valley, an essay by Abigail Warren
Sophie, an essay by Abigail Warren
Grade School Photo, a poem by Eddison Jennings
Suburbia's Downfall, an essay by Sarah Ghoshal
Apology to a Heroin Addict, a poem by Sarah Ghoshal
Hart's Cove, a poem by Cythnia McCain
To a Dead Friend, a poem by Brian Koester
A Doctor's Perspective, an essay by Ken Benson
A Visit From Reality, a short fiction by Jenean McBearty
Chicken, a poem by Susan Vespoli
Intersects, a short fiction by Kerry Rawlinson
Modern Blue, a poem by Jemshed Khan
Not Just Pills for Pills, an essay by Anna Schoenbach
Screaming Really Loudly into van Gogh's Severed Ear, a poem by Justin Karcher
Soul-Rot, a poem by Nathanael Stolte
Roots of Recovery, an essay by Laura Golden
All the Junkies on Carr Avenue, a poem by Damian Rucci
Graveyard, a poem by Will Cordeiro
Deal, a poem by Larry Thacker
Make Green the Lawn, a poem by Luke Muyskens
Some Good Has Come of This, an essay by D. Ketchum
Good Morning, Death, a short fiction by Kerry Rawlinson
Hopeful, a poem by Tom Pescatore
Overpass, a poem by Will Cordeiro
Junky Obituary Newsfeed, an essay by Nathanael Stolte
Pyramids, a poem by Damian Rucci
Brother-in-law, a poem by Jemshed Khan
A Pharmacist's Choices and Their Impact on the Opioid Epidemic, an essay by Alma McKinley
