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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Anonymous’ Drops Audience into an Addiction Support Group
They could almost be the characters in an old-fashioned murder mystery. But no one's solving a crime; they're here to support each other as they try to solve themselves.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Blood Orange’ by Abigail Duclos
Viscerally a horror yarn, dramatically a study of character among teenage girls, this harrowing play has at its core a story of friendship.
Read More »Film Review: Drug Addiction Overwhelms Appalachia in ‘Hazard’
Eddie Mensore's film is an unflinching portrait of the opioid crisis taking its toll on small-town America.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Ashes & Ink’ Are a Poignant Mix in Martha Pichey’s Addiction Drama
Addiction threatens a nascent new family in this powerful Off-Broadway drama.
Read More »Book Review: ‘You Exist Too Much’ By Zaina Arafat
'You Exist Too Much' by Zaina Arafat is an unflinching look at the long difficult process of recovery from abuse and addiction without being polemic or preachy.
Read More »Addiction Recovery: The Mind-Body-Soul Approach
Meditation, exercise, and spirituality combined may offer the best chance for addiction recovery.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Life Behind Bars’ Written and Performed by Dan Ruth
A longtime bartender's fury at nearly everyone, from NYC health inspectors to an intrusive and homophobic landlady, recollected in tranquility and conveyed with measured energy and often at breakneck speed, delivers not bitterness but symphonic tension and release – and laughs galore.
Read More »The Dangers of Opioid Addiction in Women
There are no simple solutions to the opioid epidemic, in women or in the general population, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t prominent ideas and valuable services that can contribute to harm-reduction efforts.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Motherf**cker with the Hat’ by Stephen Adly Guirgis
This brilliantly acted small-stage revival of the Pulitzer Prize winner's Broadway play dives into the culture of machismo and finds answers elusive.
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