Breaking Chains

Opioid addiction can begin in a prescription — and that beginning makes the shame of it more complicated. The writers in this collection have moved through that complication and come out the other side willing to speak, not as cautionary figures but as people who have carried something very heavy and are setting some of it down.

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe the experience of opioid addiction from its beginning through recovery: the dependence that formed sometimes slowly and sometimes suddenly, the withdrawal, the approaches to treatment — including medication-assisted options, counseling, and peer support — and the work of rebuilding what was lost. The voices are frank about how difficult this is and how long it takes.

Who it's for

For those in the grip of opioid addiction or working their way out of it, the families who love them, and anyone who wants to understand this crisis through the people inside it.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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