Episode 41 – Is There Hope for a Chronic Relapser?
Some nuggets from this episode
- “I had lost any faith that I could stop.”
- “Removing myself from Australia was really important because there were so many triggers there.”
- “Having a child does not keep you clean.”
- “I am sick of people not talking about addiction.”
A conversation between Hannah Brooks and Paul Garrigan
Hannah stayed with us at Hope for about five months. She documented her stay in a series of fascinating articles for Vice Magazine (see links below). Here she talks about her experience of being a heroin addict and a chronic relapser. We planned for this interview to last 15 minutes, but we ended up talking for much longer.
Hope Mindful Compassion Show – Episode 41
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Topics covered in this week’s show include:
How did you end up at Hope?
Did you manage any substantial clean time before coming to Hope?
Do you think it is harder for women to recover from addiction?
Is there any truth in the claim that rehab programs tend to be aimed towards men?
What has changed for you since coming to Hope?
Is there a tendency to treat atheism as ‘part of the disease’?
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