by subulwaa@uwosh.edu | Jan 21, 2020 | FIXED Book Stories
Nick Merrifield as told to Gabrielle Fischer Pain and Addiction “My mother was a heroin addict. When I was seven, she dropped me off at a place called the Friendship House in Pennsylvania. It was supposed to be for the weekend, but she didn’t come back until I was 10....
by subulwaa@uwosh.edu | Jan 21, 2020 | FIXED Book Stories
Chris Kessler as told to Neal Hogden Pain and Addiction “My mom got pregnant with me when she was 16 and my dad was 21. My parents were hippie-type, heavy drug addicts. My dad sold cocaine. You know the movie ‘Blow’ with Johnny Depp in it? That guy who the...
by subulwaa@uwosh.edu | Jan 21, 2020 | FIXED Book Stories
John Abrahamson, Officer Menasha Police Department as told to Joe Schultz “It was during the summer of 2017. It was super hot outside, and we were dispatched to an apartment complex. A male was in a car and wasn’t breathing. I was the first to arrive in a line of...
by subulwaa@uwosh.edu | Jan 21, 2020 | FIXED Book Stories
Kay as told to Natalie Dillon “Within the last year I have come to realize that my daughter, who is 28 years old, is an addict. Somehow she got hooked into chemicals and it completely changed her in terms of her relationships with people, including me and my husband,...
by subulwaa@uwosh.edu | Jan 21, 2020 | FIXED Book Stories
Trevor Fenrich as told to Christina Basken Pain and addiction “I started using drugs and alcohol when I was 12 years old; I thought it was like a normal thing. My friends and I just decided to start drinking one day, and we did. Automatically I knew I was not like my...
by subulwaa@uwosh.edu | Jan 21, 2020 | FIXED Book Stories
Montee Ball as told to Natalie Dillon Pain and Addiction “What happened to Montee Ball? That is the million-dollar question. That is the question I saw on Google, on Twitter, all the time. I was so anxious to go out and to talk to people, so for me, alcohol was my...
